BlockFrom the record
One of 99 National Register listings published here for Boyle County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Rosel Hotel
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Jct. of Shelby St. and White Oak Rd., Junction City, 40440
- When was it listed? November 1997
- Category. building
- Also known as. Boyle MPS
- Census division. Junction City
- National Register reference number. 97001371 - 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
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Rosel Hotel between 1998 and 2019, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REYNOLDS HOLLOW |
| 26 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RANGE FIRE |
| 14 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWER LINE |
| 1 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWEN |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 November 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rosel Hotel: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hayden Vein | Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Sphalerite |
Storms near this property
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction City, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Junction City | $20,000 | One family had to be evacuated from a home due to flooding in Junction City. The flood waters receded quickly after the rain ended. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Junction City | $20,000 | The public reported that several mobile homes were flooded. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | $15,000 | There was a report of a power line down on White Oak Road and extremely high water in the area as well. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Junction City | - | Trained spotters reported hail up to ping pong size which covered the ground in Junction City. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | - | Trees reported down near Junction City. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Junction City | - | Dispatch reports marble-size hail. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Junction City | - | no account filed |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Junction City Municipal Building | under 500 feet | 1998 |
 | Henry Cutter Houses | 0.3 miles | 1997 |
 | First Christian Church | 0.4 miles | 1998 |
| Lazy Acres Farm | 1.3 miles | 1999 | |
| McFerran House | 2.2 miles | 1997 | |
| Marshall House | 2.3 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001371 in Record Group 79. |
| Boyle County | All 99 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.