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One of 76 National Register listings published here for Kenton County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Prettyman Merry House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Merry, Prettyman, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Shelby St., Bromley, 41016
- When was it listed? January 1987
- Category. building
- Also known as. Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
- Census division. Covington
- Architectural style. Federal architecture
- National Register reference number. 87000203 - 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Prettyman Merry House: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avril Co/ Cincinnati, Ohio | Tin, Lead, Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Constance Yard | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Taylorsport Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cargill Salt Terminal | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cincinnati Salt Service | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cincinnati Warehouse | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bromley, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 | Bromley | $5,000 | Parts of roofing were blown off of a house. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bromley | $5,000 | Several trees were downed with some on roadways, blocking traffic. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bromley | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bromley | $200 | Large branches were downed onto State Route 8. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Bromley | - | Sleepy Hollow Road was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | House at 859 Oak Street | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | House at 855-857 Oak Street | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Ludlow Lagoon Clubhouse | 0.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Pleasant Run Stone House I | 0.6 miles | 1987 |
 | Pleasant Run Stone House II | 0.7 miles | 1987 |
| Battery Bates and Battery Coombs | 0.9 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000203 in Record Group 79. |
| Kenton County | All 76 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.