National Register of Historic Places

Ice House on Little Muddy Creek

Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky
Listed
January 8, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87000171

About this property

The Ice House on Little Muddy Creek is the ruins of an old stone structure meant to hold ice near Morgantown, Kentucky, placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1987, as part of the Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. The Ice House is notable for having "exceptionally fine masonry". Its face has finished square stones and toothed chiseled random pattern strikings; this tooling pattern is the only such pattern in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This oddity is why it was placed on the National Register, whereas most ruins are unable to achieve National Register status due to no longer retaining integrity of the structure. Most ice houses are built into the earth, but this ice house was above ground, and used cavities filled with sawdust to insulate the ice.

Location

Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky
37.15388, -86.67562

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Ice House on Little Muddy Creek listed on the National Register?

Ice House on Little Muddy Creek was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Ice House on Little Muddy Creek?

Ice House on Little Muddy Creek is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ice House on Little Muddy Creek?

The period of significance for Ice House on Little Muddy Creek is recorded as the industrial era.

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