BlockFrom the record
One of 73 National Register listings published here for Jessamine County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Morrison-Kenyon Library
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. KY 29, Wilmore, 40390
- When was it listed? July 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Jessamine County MRA
- Census division. Wilmore
- National Register reference number. 85001539 - 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
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Morrison-Kenyon Library between 2001 and 2006, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
27 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmore, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 30 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Tornado (F2) | Wilmore | 30 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $75,000 | A NWS Storm Survey team found sporadic wind damage along a 5.5 mile path near Wilmore. Several trees were downed along with some utility poles snapped or bent. There also minor structural damage. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree, and the tree fell through a house. |
| August 2020 | Lightning | Wilmore | $30,000 | Lightning struck a tree which brought down power lines and landed on a house. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $25,000 | The Jessamine County emergency manager reported numerous trees down across roadways. A roof was blown off a sun room off a residence. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $5,000 | A section of a roofing cover was blown off of a building. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $5,000 | An old tree was blown on to a house. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $2,000 | Minor damage to structures and some trees down |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | There were reports of several trees down. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wilmore | - | Baseball-sized hail was observed in Wilmore. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wilmore | - | Two inch diameter hail was observed near Wilmore. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | There was a report of a tree down on Handys Bend Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Dispatch reported a tree down on Grows Mill Road. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Multiple trees were down across the western portions of Jessamine County. Some blocked the roadways. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | A broadcast meteorologist reported trees down in the area. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Wilmore | - | A trained spotter reported hail 3/4 inch in diameter. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Wilmore | - | The Jessamine County emergency manager reported that multiple businesses in downtown Wilmore had high water. Also, the EM reported that many streets were flooded across the county. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Wilmore | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in the area. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Wilmore | - | A trained spotter reported hail 1 inch in diameter. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | The Jessamine County emergency manager reported several trees down just southeast of Wilmore. This same thunderstorm also brought damage to Garrard and Boyle Counties. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | The local emergency manager reported trees downed near Wilmore. Also, some trees were downed across the northwest portion of the county. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | A trained spotter reported about an inch of rain falling in an hour. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Wilmore | - | Water was reported to be waist deep across State Highway 33 near the Jessamine and Woodford County lines. Other roads were reported as flooded near Keene. Lexington media reported an ongoing water rescue in northern Jessamine County. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | A couple of trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Asbury College Administration Building | under 500 feet | 1985 |
| Kenyon Avenue Historic District | under 500 feet | 1994 | |
 | Lexington and Main Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1994 |
| East Main Street Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1994 | |
| North Lexington Avenue Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1994 | |
| Bicknell House | 0.8 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001539 in Record Group 79. |
| Jessamine County | All 73 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.
- 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.