BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Nicholas County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Carlisle, Louisville and Nashville Passenger Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Market and Locust Sts., Carlisle, 40311
- When was it listed? May 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Carlisle
- National Register reference number. 79001028 - 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 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Carlisle, Louisville and Nashville Passenger Depot 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 use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carlisle, Louisville and Nashville Passenger Depot: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this property
50 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | 1 hurt, $300,000 | The 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | $1,000,000 | Several streets in Carlisle experienced flash flooding. Cost of damage is unknown. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | $75,000 | Parts of US 68 were washed out. Several houses and mobile homes were inundated by water. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Carlisle | $20,000 | Three separate reports of 2.75 inch hail. This hail dented many vehicles and broke several windows. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $5,000 | Several 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | A tree blew down on Old Paris Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Trees, tree limbs, and power lines were downed by strong winds in Carlisle. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | A tree was down on East Union Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Trees were down in the county. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Main street was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Flooding was reported near the Shell station on Concrete Road. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Old Paris Road was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Trees were downed on Tureman Avenue in Carlisle. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | The Emergency Manager reported a tree down. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Water was flowing over Moorefield Road and East Union Road. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | State Road 36 was closed due to high water. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | There were trees down on Young Street. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Moorefield Road had water over the roadway. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | There were major water issues in Nicholas County. Water was surrounding houses and causing flooded roadways to be closed. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | The Nicholas County emergency manager reported many closed roads across the county and water in some homes. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | A public report was received that showed trees down near Moorefield Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Local law enforcement reported several trees down in Carlisle. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Nicholas County emergency management reported numerous downed trees blocking roads across the county. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Law enforcement reported two trees down along State Highway 36 just southwest of Carlisle. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Carlisle | - | The emergency manager reported several homes were flooded with flooding occurring county-wide. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | A shop building roof was blown off and a tree top was blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Tree branches reported down. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Carlisle | - | East Union Road, Kentucky Highway 1285, was closed due to high waters. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Numerous trees were reported down with property damage at Miller Station Road. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Carlisle Armory | 0.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Dinsmore House | 0.2 miles | 1989 |
| Carlisle Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1989 | |
 | Thomas A. Dorsey Farmhouse | 0.3 miles | 1989 |
 | Thomas Kennedy House | 0.5 miles | 1989 |
 | William Mathers House | 0.8 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001028 in Record Group 79. |
| Nicholas County | All 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.