The purpose of the Bullitt County History Museum is to be a repository of historical artifacts, historical information, and genealogical resources related to Bullitt County and surrounding communities; to collect, present, and interpret the history of Bullitt County and its people; to display that history in an interesting, helpful, and
Built in 1808 and originally located in southeast Bullitt County, the schoolhouse represents 145 years in public education. It was restored and moved in 1985 to its present location adjacent to the Bullitt County Board of Education on KY 44E. For more information about the Woodsdale One-Room Schoolhouse or to
This historical marker marks the location of an old milestone on an early turnpike. It is located in Mount Washington on U.S. 31E near First Baptist Church of Mount Washington. Along the early turnpikes the law required mileposts. Some were cut from stone and some cast in iron. They showed
This historical marker describes when U.S. Gen. William T. Sherman made headquarters in Bullitt County during the Civil War. It is located in Lebanon Junction. Gen. William T. Sherman, with 4,000, troops made headquarters here late September 1861.
The site of a 19th century iron furnace. Located at Bardstown Junction, KY 61 and Beech Grove Road. Built in 1832, the stone stack was 33 feet high. With charcoal fueling the process, it produced 700 to 800 tons of castings annually.
A Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Private Henry B. Mattingly was awarded the nation’s highest military honor by President Abraham Lincoln for his service during the Civil War. The burial site is located in the Lebanon Junction Cemetery off I-65 and KY 61.
Built in 1830, the Old Stone Bank is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Shepherdsville.
This historical marker marks the location of the Mystery Cemetery located on KY 245 near KY 1604. Decades-old graveyard discovered near here. Graves, with unmarked headstones, believed to be those of itinerant railroad workers struck down by cholera epidemic during the construction of the Bardstown-Springfield-Louisville Railroad around 1854, or burial
Located in Mount Washington on U.S. 31E. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, the late-Victorian, Italianate-style home is an 1880 restoration depicting life in Mount Washington during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Please note this is a drive-by museum, or you need to make a reservation
This historical marker marks the location of the railroad bridge over the Salt River in Shepherdsville. The bridge was repeatedly attacked during the Civil War, destroyed three times by the Confederacy, and partially razed on Sept. 7, 1862, under Col. John Hutcheson. During the occupation of Shepherdsville on Sept. 28,
