BlockFrom the record
One of 526 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Blankenbaker Station
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 21 Poplar Hill Rd., St. Matthews, 40207
- When was it listed? December 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Jefferson County MRA
- Census division. East Jefferson
- National Register reference number. 80001642 - 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.
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Blankenbaker Station: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Salt/ Clarksville, Ind. | Salt | Plant | ||
| Pilot Co. Pit | Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Atkins Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Louisville Sand&Gravel Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Utica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alert Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Martha E. Green Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nugent Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utica Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utica Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lincliff | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Midlands | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| Croghan-Blankenbaker House | 0.4 miles | 2026 | |
| Chrisler House | 0.4 miles | 1980 | |
| Ladless Hill | 0.4 miles | 1983 | |
 | Locust Grove | 0.5 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001642 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 526 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.
- 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.