Bardstown Historic Preservation

Bardstown Historic Preservation The City of Bardstown has participated in Historic Zoning since 1967. Bardstown is a Certified Local Government. Without these, there would be no grant funding.

This is the page for Bardstown Historic Preservation and the Bardstown Historic Review Board, part of the Joint City-County Planning Commission of Nelson County. The CLG program is administered through the partnership between City Government, The Kentucky Heritage Council, State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service. This partnership encourages protection of cultural

resources and historic preservation. The goals of the CLG program are to address and understand historic preservation issues on the local level, as well as regulating the historic overlay zone aesthetic and integrity. As part of the program, a review board is required, as are regulations for the historic overlay. Activities, such as workshops and the Rehab, Restore, Renovate! Trades Fair, are administered through this grant. Information concerning local historic preservation issues is shared with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the public more readily through the CLG program. This close connection with the Heritage Council allows for more expertise and advice to be given to and used in the Bardstown Historic District. CLG's apply for matching grants yearly for projects pertaining to historic preservation. In order for Bardstown to participate in the program, the City created and adopted a historic preservation ordinance (historic overlay zoning and historical review). These are created to enforce state and local legislation coinciding with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation. The CLG must create and continue surveys and accommodate the public with assistance in National Register nominations and other information on preservation.

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04/27/2026
04/21/2026

🎨✨ Happening this Saturday ✨🎨

Bardstown for the Arts/The Gallery is bringing an incredible day of art, music, and creativity to The Legacy 💛

In partnership with The Legacy, this event will feature:
🖌️ 57 artist vendors
🎓 4 local school exhibits
🎨 Live artist demonstrations
👨‍👩‍👧 Interactive youth activities
🍔 Concessions + drinks
🎶 Live music on TWO stages throughout the day
Chris Bradley and Darren Patrick, Stephanie Robinson, Keith Vittitow and Brian Collins, and Silver and Strings.

📍 The Legacy
📅 April 25 | 10am-4pm

SPOTLIGHT:Today we are looking at Miss Elmer Lucille Allen (born 1931), a Louisville legend. Allen was the first Africa...
03/24/2026

SPOTLIGHT:

Today we are looking at Miss Elmer Lucille Allen (born 1931), a Louisville legend. Allen was the first African American chemist at Brown-Forman in 1966. Breaking barriers and opening doors for women in STEM everywhere. She didn't stop there of course. After retiring from the company in 1997, she returned to college and earned a MA in Creative Arts from UofL. Beginning her second career as a ceramic and fiber artist, and encouraging the local art community every step of the way. At 94 she is as busy as ever and a walking reminder that anything is possible.

I know you may be wondering? What is the Bardstown connection? Beyond Elmer Lucille Allen being in the Bourbon Hall of Fame, her father was born in Bardstown. Elmer Johnson Hammonds, Sr. was born on February 27, 1903, to William Hammonds, a coal-yard laborer, and Emma Hammonds, a cook.

Photos are from the Hammonds-Morton Family Photograph Collection, (022PC21) at the Filson Historical Society.

Lets compare 120, 122, and 124 North 3rd Street! Left: This image is around 1900 and shows the original building at 122....
03/16/2026

Lets compare 120, 122, and 124 North 3rd Street!

Left: This image is around 1900 and shows the original building at 122. On the right side you can see 124, with its original cornice and hood moldings above the windows. On the left we can identify this as 120 by the exposed exterior pipe on the facade.

Right: Current structure at 122, built/rennovated around 1910/1915. Both neighboring structures are the same, but 124 has lost many details. 120, though the storefront has changed, the above levels remain nearly the untouched and you can still see the exposed pipe.

03/12/2026
03/11/2026

Did you miss our latest Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit webinar? Good news! You can now watch the recording on our YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/lmNuo2GeiMA

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Bardstown, KY
40004

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Wednesday 8am - 4pm
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