BlockFrom the record
One of 53 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Julian Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Address. 1915 Louisville Road, Bridgeport, 40601
- When was it listed? May 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Frankfort
- National Register reference number. 88000670 - 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 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Julian Farm between 1999 and 2010, burning about 7 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Julian Farm: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Junction Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Franklin County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glenns Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Lightning | Bridgeport | $20,000 | The Franklin County emergency manager reported that a lightning strike resulted in numerous power outages on Schofield Lane in southwest Franklin County. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Trees were across Evergreen Road near Bridgeport Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Trees were down on the 3600 block of Evergreen Road and at Bridgeport Road. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | Trained spotters reported lots of hail up to the size of quarters covering Interstate 64. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Trees were reported down on Interstate 64. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | The public reported via Twitter of a tree downed across Old Sheep Pen Road west of Frankfort. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Bridgeport | - | Several roads were closed in Frankfort. Among them were Holmes Street, Old Lawrenceburg Road, and Cardwell Lane. U.S. Highway 127 south was down to one lane. Wilkerson Boulevard was covered by 8 inches of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport School | 1.0 miles | 2014 | |
| Stewart Home School | 2.9 miles | 1976 | |
 | George F. Berry House | 3.1 miles | 2002 |
 | Point Breeze | 3.2 miles | 2014 |
| Frankfort Barracks District | 3.3 miles | 1975 | |
 | Kentucky State Capitol | 3.4 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000670 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 53 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.
- 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.