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One of 53 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Penn-Marshall Stone House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E of Harvieland on Stoney Creek Rd. at Kentucky River, Harvieland, 40601
- When was it listed? June 1975
- Category. building
- Census division. Bald Knob
- National Register reference number. 75000760 - 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
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Penn-Marshall Stone House between 2007 and 2014, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW PIE |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Penn-Marshall Stone House: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thorn Hill Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this property
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvieland, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Harvieland | 2 killed, $3,000,000 | A woman and her son were killed when their home was washed into Stony Creek, a tributary of the Kentucky River. Eight other homes were destroyed, and 32 others were damaged. Of the damaged homes, 21 were uninhabitable. Many vehicles were damaged and moved by the force of the flood waters. Several roads in the Harvieland and Bald Knob area northwest of Frankfort were washed out. Two school buses were trapped by high water in the area, but all aboard were rescued without injury. |
| March 2011 | Lightning | Harvieland | $100,000 | Lightning struck a tree and a cabin. The cabin was destroyed. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Harvieland | $75,000 | A motorist drove into high water, and was rescued. Other cars were abandoned in high water. Fifteen to twenty roadways were under water in the county. Some locations included Devils Hollow Bridge Road, Wilkinson Boulevard, and sections of Holmes Street. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Harvieland | $10,000 | Department of Highway officials reported that a high water rescue took place on O'nan Bend Rd as a car became submerged in high water. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvieland | - | A few trees blew down on the north side of Frankfort. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Harvieland | - | The Franklin County emergency manager reported that water covered the road in several spots along State Highway 421 northwest of Frankfort. The road was impassable in some places. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvieland | - | A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Bald Knob and Bark Branch Roads. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Harvieland | - | Several road closures were reported including one vehicle washed off of the roadway on Bark Branch Rd. The humane society had to evacuate due to flooding. |
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 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel on the Forks | 3.1 miles | 2020 | |
 | George T. Stagg Distillery | 3.2 miles | 2001 |
| Giltner-Holt House | 3.4 miles | 1978 | |
| Beeches | 3.5 miles | 1979 | |
 | Glen Willis | 3.5 miles | 1972 |
| Brown-Henry House | 3.7 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000760 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 53 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.