Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Cleveland-Rogers House

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 23, 2022

1. Cleveland-Rogers House Marker

Inscription. has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

1819

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.

Location. 37° 54.085′ N, 84° 21.178′ W. Marker is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County. It is on Old Richmond Road (U.S. 25/421) 0.7 miles south of McCalls Mill Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8151 Old Richmond Rd, Lexington KY 40515, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Jacob Niles (approx. 2.2 miles away); Jones Nursery / Nursery Place

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(approx. 3.2 miles away); Samuel Boone (approx. 3.4 miles away); Uncovering Our Pioneer Past (approx. 3.4 miles away); Boone (approx. 3½ miles away); Caveland (approx. 3½ miles away); Boone's Creek Baptist Church (approx. 3½ miles away); “Lion of White Hall” (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Boone's Station (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Regarding Cleveland-Rogers House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

The Cleveland-Rogers House, located in southeast Fayette County, is an outstanding example of a Federal residence in rural Fayette County. It is one of the few basically unaltered residences in the Federal style remaining in Fayette County and the surrounding area. The site retains its outbuildings including two log structures and a brick smokehouse.

The two early owners were both of prominent early settling families of the Bluegrass region. Eli Cleveland, who built his log cabins about 1786, was a magistrate serving in Fayette County in the year 1792. He also owned the first mill in the area which
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 23, 2022

2. Cleveland-Rogers House Marker
evidently burned in 1796, according to an open letter from Cleveland, published in the Kentucky Gazette of March 28, 1796. Eli Cleveland sold his land of 442 acres and other tracts to Joseph and Jeremiah Rogers on November 3, 1819. The one-and-one-half story brick house was built by Jeremiah Rogers in 1819-1820. Jeremiah, the son of Joseph Hale Rogers, had full ownership of the property in 1822, his father having deed over his one-half undivided interest at that time. …

Also see . . . Cleveland-Rogers House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1980. (National Archives) (Submitted on July 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 704 times since then and 122 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.