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William Campbell House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The William Campbell House in Stamping Ground, Kentucky, also known as the Campbell-Gayle House, is an early house believed to have been built in c.1790-1800. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”

Wikipedia article William Campbell House (Stamping Ground, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Scott County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Campbell, William, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off U.S. 227, Stamping Ground, 40379
  • When was it listed? November 1984
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Stamping Ground
  • National Register reference number. 84000415 - 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 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of William Campbell House: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Strontium, Zinc. 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
Clark MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, StrontiumPast Producer1901
Johnson VeinBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Wm. Davis VeinBarium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, SulfurPast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this property

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stamping Ground, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Stamping Ground2 hurtThe National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky conducted a storm survey in Scott County, Kentucky of storm damage that occurred early Monday morning.||The survey team determined that a tornado touched down just southwest of the Parkers Mobile Home Park in Stamping Ground. The initial touchdown was in a wooden fenced area with uprooted trees and significant damage to the wooden fence. Wind speeds were estimated to be between 80 and 85 mph initially.||The tornado increased in speed and diameter, striking the mobile home park causing|significant damage. Trailers were lifted off their foundation, some trailers were flipped|over and or turned in a different direction. Insulation and metal siding from the trailers|were thrown up into the trees. Deck pieces were thrown and impaled into the ground, trees were twisted and snapped, and numerous air conditioner units were thrown several feet. The tornado increased to around 95 mph with a width of 60 yards.||The most obvious signs of a tornado were outbuildings were picked up and thrown upwind, with insulation on both sides of the buildings.||The damage direction from the trees, and insulation from mobile homes ranged north to southeasterly.||The tornado became more of a skipping tornado as it moved to the east with the last damage being some power poles and trees at the corner of Edgewood Way and 227.||Just east of Stamping Ground, the survey team found a significant area of straight line winds along Duvall Station Road. A third of a mile swath of concentrated wind damage occurred 2 miles east of Stamping Ground.||It started out in a grove of trees with large branches and trees knocked down all facing from the southwesterly to the east northeast direction. Wind speeds were estimated initially to be 65 to 70 mph. A well constructed barn had its roof panels ripped off and doors blown in. Metal sheeting from the barn was thrown up to 500 yards down wind. Two other barns on the other side of the road had similar damage. Shingles from two family homes were thrown a hundred yards. Wind speeds from the well constructed barn, were determined to be 80 mph. The damage area was about a quarter mile by a third of a mile.||The National Weather Service would like to thank Scott county emergency manager Mike Hennigan for his assistance with the survey.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground$50,000A NWS Storm Survey team found damage to barns and outbuildings, and large limbs down, along Duvall Station Road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground$50,000Straight line winds around 70 mph downed large trees, destroyed a barn, damaged tractors, and a home located at 2823 Stamping Ground Road.||On White Oak Road, numerous trees were blown down and one fell on a house. Power lines and some fencing were also knocked down and a barn was blown over.||Numerous buildings were damaged with trees and power lined downed near the intersection of Seebee Road and HWY 227.
September 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground$30,000The roadway at Highway 227 and Switzer Road was washed away due to flood water.
June 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground$10,000A car was reported to be trapped in high water on Sebree Road at Duvall Station Road near Stamping Ground.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground$5,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Large tree branches were snapped, and a small shed was tipped over.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A tree blew over near Stonetown Road. A nearby weather station observed a 48 mph wind gust.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A few trees were down over area roadways.
June 2021FloodStamping Ground-Locust Fork Creek overflowed into a driveway off of Main Street in Stamping Ground.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Just east of Stamping Ground, the survey team found a significant area of straight line winds along Duvall Station Road. A third of a mile swath of concentrated wind damage occurred 2 miles east of Stamping Ground.||It started out in a grove of trees with large branches and trees knocked down all facing from the southwesterly to the east northeast direction. Wind speeds were estimated initially to be 65 to 70 mph. A well constructed barn had its roof panels ripped off and doors blown in. Metal sheeting from the barn was thrown up to 500 yards down wind. Two other barns on the other side of the road had similar damage. Shingles from two family homes were thrown a hundred yards. Wind speeds from the well constructed barn, were determined to be 80 mph. The damage area was about a quarter mile by a third of a mile.
June 2021FloodStamping Ground-Owenton Road was flooded between Cedar Road and Switzer Road, north of Stamping Ground.
September 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground-Stonetown Road had flowing water over the roadway.
September 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground-In front of the Dollar General store, 227 in Stamping Ground was closed due to flooding.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-The public reported trees sheared off several feet above the ground. A coffee tree was split and felled along with large limbs down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A law enforcement official reported trees and power lines down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A law enforcement official reported trees down in the Stamping Ground area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Stamping Ground-The tornado began as an EF-0 with 80 mph winds as it snapped and|uprooted multiple trees and caused minor siding damage to a house just west of Locust Fork Road and a mile north of Stamping Ground.||It then traveled eastward, crossing Locust Fork Road, damaging two outbuildings. After the tornado moved northeast across rural terrain, it damaged the roofs of several houses on the north side of Stone Hill Road. It also tore off a south-facing front porch. Just west of Graves Road, the tornado damaged a small outbuilding and the roof of another residence. The damage in the Stone Hill and Graves Road areas was rated EF-1. Further east, between Graves and Long Lick Roads, the tornado damaged some hardwood trees. Finally, it pushed an achored mobile home off its foundation - ripping the anchors out of the ground - and damaged outbuildings along Long Lick Road before lifting.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-The county road department reported a tree down across Locust Fork Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Local law enforcement reported several trees down along Stamping Ground Road near White Oak Road. Law enforcement also reported that around 4,500 people lost power at one time during the early evening.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Several trees were downed.
May 2004Flash FloodStamping Ground-Three feet of water was covering Locust Fork Road.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Two power poles were snapped.
August 2003Flash FloodStamping Ground-Roads were covered with water.
April 2025HailStamping Ground-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-no account filed
May 2004HailStamping Ground-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-no account filed
August 2000HailStamping Ground-no account filed
August 2000HailStamping Ground-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Leonidas Johnson House1.2 miles1976
Alexander Bradford House1.4 miles1974
Richard Branham House2.3 miles1983
Choctaw Indian Academy2.7 miles1973
Longview3.0 miles1973
Vivion Upshaw Brooking House3.2 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84000415 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Scott CountyAll 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.