# Nine Kentucky historic sites set for National Register review **Published:** 2026-06-22T15:23:12.000Z **Source:** [Lane Report (KY Business)](https://www.lanereport.com/188205/2026/06/what-9-ky-sites-could-be-considered-national-historic-places/) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/nine-kentucky-historic-sites-set-for-national-register-review FRANKFORT, Ky. — Nine historic sites from across Kentucky will be considered for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on Friday, June 26, during a review board hearing at the [Paul Sawyer Public Library](https://www.franklincountky.us/departments/libraries/paul-sawyer-public-library) in Frankfort. The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board will evaluate the nominations beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET, according to [reporting from the Lane Report](https://www.lanereport.com/188205/2026/06/what-9-ky-sites-could-be-considered-national-historic-places/). The sites span eight counties and reflect diverse chapters of Kentucky's heritage, from the state's educational history to its role in manufacturing innovation. [The Kentucky Heritage Council](https://heritage.ky.gov), serving as the state's historic preservation office in partnership with the National Park Service, will advance its recommendations to the National Park Service, which has 45 days to issue final determinations on the listings. Among the nominees is the Epping Bottling Works in [Lexington](https://www.lexhistory.org), a Fayette County industrial complex developed between the 1920s and 1940s. [The facility served as a regional bottling hub](https://www.eppingsoneastside.com) for nationally recognized brands including NuGrape, Orange Crush, and 7 Up, demonstrating the city's emergence as a distribution and light manufacturing center during the era. Two nominations highlight African American education during segregation. The Caney Fork Rosenwald School in Allen County, constructed in 1922, is one of the few surviving Rosenwald schools in Kentucky. [The Rosenwald program resulted in construction of more than 3,500 schools across 15 southern and southwestern states from 1906 to 1932](https://preservationkentucky.org/rosenwald-schools-in-kentucky/), with [158 constructed in Kentucky between 1917 and 1932](https://heritage.ky.gov/aa-na/Documents/Rosenwald%20Schools%20in%20KY,%201917-1932.pdf). The James Taylor–Jacob School Neighborhood Historic District in Jefferson County represents one of Louisville's significant African American neighborhoods anchored by a Rosenwald school and an adjacent residential subdivision. Other nominees include the Ken-Rad Lamp Plant in Daviess County, highlighting Kentucky's role in twentieth-century electronics manufacturing; the 1935 Grant's Lick Elementary School in Campbell County, a Public Works Administration project from the New Deal era; the Ewing School in Fleming County, representing early twentieth-century rural education; Collins Farm in Franklin County, documenting the evolution of Bluegrass agricultural practices; Lambs Ferry Road in Kenton County, a historic transportation corridor; and Dunagan's Store in Wayne County, a rural commercial landmark built in 1890. ## Sources - [Lane Report (KY Business)](https://www.lanereport.com/188205/2026/06/what-9-ky-sites-could-be-considered-national-historic-places/) - [Kentucky Heritage Council — State Historic Preservation Office](https://heritage.ky.gov) - [Epping's on Eastside restaurant information](https://www.eppingsoneastside.com) - [Preservation Kentucky information on Rosenwald Schools](https://preservationkentucky.org/rosenwald-schools-in-kentucky/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Lane Report (KY Business), enriched with 3 web searches. The original source is available at https://www.lanereport.com/188205/2026/06/what-9-ky-sites-could-be-considered-national-historic-places/.