BlockFrom the record
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Oldham County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John Ritter House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ritter, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Old Floydsburg Rd. off KY 1408, Floydsburg, 40014
- When was it listed? January 1987
- Category. building
- Also known as. Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
- Census division. Pewee Valley
- National Register reference number. 87000159 - 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of John Ritter House: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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 | ||
| Crestwood Mine Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crestwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Oldham County Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floydsburg, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydsburg | - | Trees and power lines were down on the 8000 block of Todds Point Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydsburg | - | Dispatch reported a tree down on Mount Zion Road in Crestwood. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Floydsburg | - | Kentucky 362 closed due to high water and flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Floydsburg | - | A law enforcement official reported high water and flash flooding over parts of Highway 22 in Oldham 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Confederate Memorial in Peewee Valley | 1.0 miles | 1997 |
 | Peewee Valley Confederate Cemetery | 1.0 miles | 1989 |
| Joseph H. Ellis House | 1.1 miles | 1989 | |
| Dr. Thomas C. Peebles House | 1.3 miles | 1989 | |
| Waldeck Farm | 1.3 miles | 2001 | |
| Tanglewood | 1.3 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000159 in Record Group 79. |
| Oldham County | All 48 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.