BlockFrom the record
One of 83 National Register listings published here for Scott County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
James Briscoe Quarters
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Briscoe, James, Quarters - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off U.S. 25, Delaplain, 40324
- When was it listed? June 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR
- Census division. Georgetown
- National Register reference number. 83002864 - 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of James Briscoe Quarters: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Nally and Gibson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wm. Davis Vein | Barium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1908 |
Storms near this property
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaplain, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $40,000 | Local amateur radio reported a business lost a roof due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $30,000 | A small barn was moved across a field in the Sims Pike area. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $25,000 | The Scott County Emergency Manager reported trees on power lines near the county Emergency Operations Center. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $20,000 | Amateur radio operators reported that severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a semi truck being overturned near mile marker 129 on Interstate 75. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $15,000 | Local amateur radio reported trees fell on a home. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $10,000 | The Scott County emergency manager reported a tree fell down on a car on Oxford Drive. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | - | A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Scott County EOC. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | - | It was reported that Scott County had numerous trees down county wide. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Delaplain | - | Broadcast media reported Burton Pike near Cincinnati Road was impassable due to high water. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Delaplain | - | HighwaY 25, Cincinnati Road, had water over the roadway. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodin Coppage Spring House | 0.5 miles | 1983 | |
| Ash Emison Quarters | 0.6 miles | 1983 | |
| Main Street Commercial District | 0.8 miles | 1975 | |
| Osburn House | 0.9 miles | 1973 | |
| Fielding Bradford House | 1.1 miles | 1973 | |
 | Cardome | 2.1 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002864 in Record Group 79. |
| Scott County | All 83 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.
- 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.