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Photograph of Traveler's Rest
Photograph by Joseph Isaacs, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Traveler's Rest

Built in 1906 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Traveler's Rest in Lincoln County, Kentucky is the historic home place of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Shelby acquired the property as the first land settlement preemption deed in Kentucky as a reward for his surveying services.”

Wikipedia article Traveler's Rest (Shelby City, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1976 · category: Building · built in 1906, Colonial Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. S of Shelby City off KY 300, Shelby City, 40484
  • When was it listed? May 1976
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Stanford
  • When was it built? 1906
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 76000914 - 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

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Traveler's Rest between 1998 and 2019, burning about 167 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryREYNOLDS HOLLOW
26 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRANGE FIRE
14 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOWER LINE
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMORLAND
1 April 2015Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOWEN
8 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARRIS CREEK
3 December 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Traveler's Rest: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Zinc, 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
Danville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hayden VeinBarium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Arcadia0.4 miles1976
Abraham Miller House2.4 miles2001
Richland Farm3.2 miles2004
McCormack Church3.4 miles1976
James W. Alcorn House6.7 miles1980
Nathan Huston House6.7 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000914 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln CountyAll 22 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.