Jessamine County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Fayette

Namesake: Jessamine Creek
Seat: Nicholasville (1799–)

Land area: 172 square miles

Population (2020): 52,991

Population (historic): 5,461 (1800); 9,960 (1830); 8,638 (1870); 11,925 (1900); 12,431 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1870–1910; 1920s; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 872 (4.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,523
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,157

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,534
Average farm size (1920): 57.5 acres

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Nicholasville

Namesake: George Nicholas, Kentucky lawyer

Founding: 1798 (platting); 1806 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 31,093

Population (historic): 158 (1810); 632 (1840); 1,089 (1870); 2,393 (1900); 3,128 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1798–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 407 (3.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Thornwood / Otha Robards Farm (1847). 1282 Baker Lane. Greek Revival.
2. Manoah Singleton House (c. 1820). 438 Barbaro Lane. Federal.
3. Woodland / John Steele House (1889). 438 Barbaro Lane. Romanesque.
4. Providence / Craig Ashurst Farm (1847). 2299 Brannon Road. Greek Revival.
5. Nathaniel Dunn Log House (c. 1810). 500 Burr Oak Drive.
6. Chaumiere des Prairies / Meade–Carter Farm (c. 1820/1838–1840). 1439 Catnip Hill Road. Greek Revival/Federal.
7. John Butler House (c. 1800/1845). 122 Danville Loop. Greek Revival.
8. Stony Lonesome / Scott House (c. 1790). Danville Road, south of Bethel Road. Razed.
9. Roberts Chapel Methodist Church (c. 1845). Danville Road. Gothic Revival.
10. George Barkley House (c. 1840). 101 Deerfield Circle. Greek Revival.
11. Ephraim Sandusky House (c. 1855). 1626 Delaney Ferry Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
12. George Bryan House (1838). 9236 Harrodsburg Road. Greek Revival.
13. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (1877). 1108 Keene–Troy Road. Italianate.
14. Jacob Burrier Farm (1861). 1186 Keene–Troy Road. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival. Razed.
15. Pleasant Grove / Whitfield Hayden House (1846). 1409 Keene–Troy Road. Greek Revival.
16. Woods Farm (c. 1840). 2600 Keene–Troy Road. Greek Revival.
17. John Lancaster House (c. 1795). 5890 Keene–Versailles Road.
18. John Duncan House (c. 1895). 1250 Keene Road. Queen Anne. Razed.
19. Elm Cove / George Shanklin Farm (c. 1850). 1620 Keene Road. Gothic Revival.
20. Isaac Barkley House (c. 1845). 1921 Keene Road. Greek Revival.
21. Grant Knight House (c. 1855). 1929 Keene Road. Gothic Revival.
22. Belvoir / Hoover House (c. 1840). 1025 Lexington Road. Greek Revival.
23. Brown Young House (c. 1855). 1970 Lexington Road. Italianate.
24. Bryant House (c. 1840). 2327 Lexington Road. Greek Revival.
25. Lewis Marshall House (1853). 3280 Lexington Road. Greek Revival.
26. Everett Hoover House (c. 1920). 1201 South Main Street. Classical Revival.
27. Providence Christian Church (1849). 4648 Nicholasville Road. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
28. Samuel Muir Farm (c. 1810). 1263 Old Railroad Road. Federal. Razed.
29. George O'Neal Log House (c. 1800). 265 Parks Lane. Razed.
30. Thomas Cogar House (c. 1810). 1025 Pekin Lane. Razed.
31. John Scott House (c. 1840). 109 Scott's Lane. Greek Revival.
32. William Mathews Log House (renovated c. 1840). 2377 Shun Pike. Greek Revival. Razed.
33. Whitehall / Robert Steele Farm (1812). 1045 Troy Road. Federal.
34. Cedar Grove / David Newman Farm (1818). 3970 Union Mill Road. Federal.

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