Near Georgetown in Scott County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Miller's Run Historic District
Photographed by Frank Profitt, December 12, 2020
1. Miller's Run Historic District Marker
Inscription.
Miller's Run Historic District. . Millers Run, a tributary of North Elkhorn Creek, was named for John Andrew Miller, an explorer from Pennsylvania who came to Scott County in 1775. The 870-acre district travels along Millers Run and contains eight early Kentucky houses. The John A. Miller House, constructed of stone in 1782, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. (Reverse) The residences within the borders of the district are: John Andrew Miller House, James D. Offutt House and slave cabin, Richard Keene House, Shannon-Herndon House, Thomas Barlow House, John Keene House, and Beatty-Chinn House. The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Millers Run, a tributary of North Elkhorn Creek, was named for John Andrew Miller, an explorer from Pennsylvania who came to Scott County in 1775. The 870-acre district travels along Millers Run and contains eight early Kentucky houses. The John A. Miller House, constructed of stone in 1782, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
(Reverse) The residences within the borders of the district are: John Andrew Miller House, James D. Offutt House and slave cabin, Richard Keene House, Shannon-Herndon House, Thomas Barlow House, John Keene House, and Beatty-Chinn House. The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Erected 2016 by Kentucky Historical Society. (Marker Number 2491.)
Location. 38° 13.206′ N, 84° 30.147′ W. Marker is near Georgetown, Kentucky, in Scott County. It is on Paris Pike (U.S. 460) 0.7 miles west of Apple Creek Lane (State Route 922), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3790 Paris Pike, Georgetown KY 40324, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Bluegrass Region and in Greater Lexington Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 20, 2020, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. This page has been viewed 1,235 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 20, 2020, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
