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Photograph of Forest Retreat
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Forest Retreat Farm and Tavern

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“Forest Retreat is a historic home of Kentucky governor and United States Senator Thomas Metcalfe, located in Nicholas County, Kentucky. It is currently operated as a Bed & Breakfast hotel and event venue.”

Wikipedia article Forest Retreat, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Nicholas County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. NW of Carlisle at jct. of U.S. 68 and KY 32, Carlisle, 40311
  • When was it listed? October 1973
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Carlisle
  • National Register reference number. 73000825 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Forest Retreat Farm and Tavern in 1999, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Nicholas County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forest Retreat Farm and Tavern: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nicholas County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Nicholas County

Storms near this property

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 30 thunderstorm wind, 14 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Thunderstorm WindCarlisle1 hurt, $300,000The first damage occurred two miles west of Carlisle where straight line winds blew the roofs off a barn and a trailer, and a manufacturing company suffered significant roof damage. Tree and barn damage occurred on KY 32 and KY 1455 north of Carlisle. The most significant damage happened three miles northeast of Carlisle near the intersection of KY 32 and Stoney Creek Road. A small barn was completely destroyed and blown into the highway. Several other barns had their roofs removed. A car was blow 15 feet into a telephone pole by the winds.
July 2021Flash FloodCarlisle$1,000,000Several streets in Carlisle experienced flash flooding. Cost of damage is unknown.
July 2001Flash FloodCarlisle$75,000Parts of US 68 were washed out. Several houses and mobile homes were inundated by water.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$30,000no account filed
May 2011HailCarlisle$20,000Three separate reports of 2.75 inch hail. This hail dented many vehicles and broke several windows.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$5,000Several trees were downed along Kentucky Highway 36 just west of Carlisle, including one that blocked the road. A tree also fell near Upper Jaxtown Road in Carlisle. A portion of the roof of a barn was damaged as well.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-A tree blew down on Old Paris Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Trees, tree limbs, and power lines were downed by strong winds in Carlisle.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-A tree was down on East Union Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Trees were down in the county.
August 2021Flash FloodCarlisle-Main street was closed due to flooding.
August 2021Flash FloodCarlisle-Flooding was reported near the Shell station on Concrete Road.
August 2021Flash FloodCarlisle-Old Paris Road was closed due to flooding.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Trees were downed on Tureman Avenue in Carlisle.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-The Emergency Manager reported a tree down.
August 2019Flash FloodCarlisle-Water was flowing over Moorefield Road and East Union Road.
June 2019Flash FloodCarlisle-State Road 36 was closed due to high water.
May 2018Flash FloodCarlisle-The Emergency Manager reported that multiple roads were closed due to high water in the eastern portion of Nicholas County including Kentucky 36, East Union Road, and Cane Run Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-There were trees down on Young Street.
September 2018Flash FloodCarlisle-Moorefield Road had water over the roadway.
September 2018Flash FloodCarlisle-There were major water issues in Nicholas County. Water was surrounding houses and causing flooded roadways to be closed.
June 2017Flash FloodCarlisle-The Nicholas County emergency manager reported many closed roads across the county and water in some homes.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-A Nicholas County law enforcement official reported that numerous trees and power lines were down across the county as a result of severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-A public report was received that showed trees down near Moorefield Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Local law enforcement reported several trees down in Carlisle.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Nicholas County emergency management reported numerous downed trees blocking roads across the county.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-The Nicholas County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were downed across the county. Some of these trees blocked roads. No rain nor thunder accompanied the gust front that produced this damage. An automated Kentucky mesonet gauge 5 miles southwest of Carlisle measured a 48 mph wind gust.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Numerous trees were downed across Carlisle, including several that fell across cars on Mockingbird Lane. Trees were also downed along High Street, Kentucky Highway 36, and Locust Grove Road.
July 2012Flash FloodCarlisle-Local police reported some streets flooded across downtown Carlisle. A rain gauge 4 miles southwest of Carlisle measured 2.6 inches in 40 minutes.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Law enforcement reported two trees down along State Highway 36 just southwest of Carlisle.
April 2011FloodCarlisle-The emergency manager reported several homes were flooded with flooding occurring county-wide.
April 2011Flash FloodCarlisle-The Nicholas county emergency manager reported numerous streams and creeks out of their banks as well as several roads closed across the county due to flooding.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-A shop building roof was blown off and a tree top was blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Tree branches reported down.
April 2008FloodCarlisle-East Union Road, Kentucky Highway 1285, was closed due to high waters.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Numerous trees were reported down with property damage at Miller Station Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Trees were downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Trees and power lines blown down.
May 2011HailCarlisle-no account filed
May 2011HailCarlisle-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
July 2000HailCarlisle-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodCarlisle-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nicholas County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Stone Barn on Brushy Creek0.5 miles1983
William Mathers House1.8 miles1989
Carlisle Historic District2.2 miles1989
Dinsmore House2.2 miles1989
Carlisle, Louisville and Nashville Passenger Depot2.4 miles1979
Carlisle Armory2.5 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73000825 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Nicholas CountyAll 12 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.