History

630 Ky Hwy 78
Stanford, Kentucky 40484
Phone: 606-365-0030

Baughman Mill

Built in the late 1800’s with logs from the first steam mill in the county. The building is currently being restored, but is visible from downtown and the L&N Depot.

111 Mill Street
Stanford, Kentucky 40484

Crab Orchard Cemetery & Civil War Monument
Twenty-one Confederate soldiers from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas are buried atop Crab Orchard Hill surrounding the marble Confederate Monument.

Half a mile east of Ky 39 and Ky 643 junction
Crab Orchard, Kentucky 40419

Historic Immanuel Lutheran Church

Located in the planned settlement of Ottenheim, Kentucky the Immanuel Lutheran Church was built in 1886 to serve the small Swiss-German population of Ottenheim. Recently restored, the church is open for tours (by appointment) and can be rented for special occasions.

KY Hwy 643, 4 miles east of Stanford
Phone: 606-365-0968

Historic L&N Depot & Museum

See where the L&N Railroad once stopped in Stanford and learn about its history at the beautifully restored L&N Depot & Museum.

Open Thursday, 1 – 5pm; Friday, 9 – 5pm
1866 Depot Street
Stanford, Kentucky 40484
Phone: 606-365-0207

Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site

Situated on Isaac Shelby’s farm, Traveler’s Rest, the first and fifth governor once described the scenery as “the most beautiful land he had ever seen.”

6725 Ky Hwy 300
Junction City, Kentucky 40484
Phone: 502-564-4940 ext. 491

Logan’s Fort

Partially reconstructed fort at the site of the Seige of 1777 and the Trail of Daniel Boone. Follow path at the end of Martin Luther King Street

Stanford, Kentucky 40484
Phone: 606-365-4547
Website: Facebook – Logan’s Fort Foundation

McCormack Christian Church and Cemetery

Erected in 1819 with brick kilned on the site. McCormack Christian Church was known as “The Church” because everyone, including slaves, were welcome to worship here. Services held every Sunday.

Moores Lane, off of Ky Hwy 1194
Stanford, Kentucky 40484

Old Presbyterian Meeting House & Museum

The Presbyterian meeting house was originally built in the 1790’s to serve one of the first Presbyterian congregations in Kentucky. It has since been restored and now contains artifacts related to the early settlement of Stanford and life in the 1800’s. Open Wednesday, 9 – 5pm; Thursday, 9 – 12:30pm.

315 W Main Street
Stanford, Kentucky 40484
Phone: 606-365-2503

William Whitley House & Sportsman’s Hill – State Historic Site

Come see the first brick house west of the Allegheny Mountains, and see where William Whitley “Turned Racing Around” with the first counter-clockwise racetrack in America – opposite of how the British ran horse races. Shelter available for meetings and events.