BlockFrom the record
One of 526 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lynnford-Lyndon Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 8222 Shelbyville Rd., Lyndon, 40222
- When was it listed? April 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Jefferson County MRA
- Census division. Southeast Jefferson
- Architectural style. Gothic Revival
- National Register reference number. 85002447 - 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lynnford-Lyndon Hall: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyndon, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndon | 1 killed | A large swath of straight line wind damage was observed across northeastern parts of Louisville, consistent with 75 to 80 mph winds. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by strong winds across the city. A 34 year old man was killed by debris on Hobbs Station Road in Anchorage. |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Lyndon | $20,000 | Lightning blew a three foot hole in the side of a house. Fire caused moderate damage to the second floor and attic of the house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndon | - | Two trees were downed by strong winds across Dorsey Lane. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndon | - | A large healthy older maple tree blew down and was blocking Dorsey Lane near Ward Avenue. Power lines were also down in the area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndon | - | A large tree fell on a house. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lyndon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon Cottage | under 500 feet | 1990 | |
| Soldiers Retreat | 0.7 miles | 1983 | |
 | Eight-Mile House | 0.9 miles | 1976 |
 | Oxmoor | 1.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Arthur P. Stitzel House | 1.0 miles | 1989 |
| Tway House | 1.4 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002447 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.
- 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.