The New Liberty Historic District in

New Liberty, Kentucky New Liberty is an unincorporated community in northern Owen County, Kentucky, United States. Kentucky Routes 36 and 227 run through the community. Despite being unincorporated, it has a post office with a ZIP Code of 40355. The Jacob Hunter ...

is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

which was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2001. It is located along

Kentucky Route 227 Kentucky Route 227 (KY 227) is a state highway in Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 460 (US 460) near Georgetown, Kentucky to US 42 and KY 36 in Carrollton, Kentucky. Route description KY 227 starts north in Scott County and goes through S ...

, roughly between KY 978 and KY 36. The district includes 64

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

and five

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. Development in the district dates from 1815. Selected properties include: *Garvey-Moody Residence (1880), a two-and-a-half-story brick house, mostly unchanged since originally built *New Liberty Post Office (1875), a commercial building, mostly unchanged since originally built With .

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Georgian architecture in Kentucky Buildings and structures completed in 1815 National Register of Historic Places in Owen County, Kentucky {{OwenCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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