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The John Shell Cabin, in
Leslie County, Kentucky Leslie County is located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Hyden. Leslie is a prohibition or dry county. History Leslie County was founded in 1878. It was named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky (1871-1875). The Hu ...
, located south of
Chappell, Kentucky Chappell is an unincorporated community in Leslie County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borde ...
on Greasy Creek Road (
Kentucky Route 2009 Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Vi ...
), 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 artist ...
in 1975. It dates from c.1850. The listing included four
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 distri ...
. It is on the side of Gray Mountain, just north of the Leslie-
Harlan Harlan is a given name and a surname which may refer to: Surname *Bob Harlan (born 1936 Robert E. Harlan), American football executive * Bruce Harlan (1926–1959), American Olympic diver * Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American politician * Byro ...
county line. It is located on the Shell Branch of the Laurel Fork of Greasy Creek. It is located about 15 miles approximately southeast of
U.S. Highway 421 U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highway runs for from Fort Fisher, North Caro ...
. With . It was home of rifle-maker John Shell.


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Residential buildings completed in 1850 National Register of Historic Places in Leslie County, Kentucky 1850 establishments in Kentucky Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky {{LeslieCountyKY-NRHP-stub