Boise House

Mercer County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,772. Its county seat is Harrodsburg. The county was formed from Lincoln County, Virginia in 1785 and is named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777. It was formerly a prohibition or dry county.

The John McGee House, near Cornishville, Kentucky, United States, was built around 1790. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.It is a two-story hall parlor plan dry stone house with two bays on its second floor and three bays on its first. It was built by American Revolutionary War soldier John McGee (b. 1730) who moved to Kentucky in 1775. He owned 1,000 acres (4.0 km2).It is a "good example" of an "early stone house". A one-story ell was added around 1825.It includes some element of Federal style.A second contributing building is a "dairy", which is a root cellar with a granary above.

Mercer County Senior High School is a public secondary school located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, United States.

Talmage is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. Talmage is located on Kentucky Route 1160, 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north-northwest of Harrodsburg.

The College Street Historic District in Harrodsburg in Mercer County, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The 8.5 acres (3.4 ha), along College St. from North Lane to Factory St., included 27 contributing buildings. It was deemed significant as "an uninterrupted concentration of 19th- and early-20th-century buildings that line a significant street in Harrodsburg, the oldest permanent settlement in Kentucky. American architectural evolution is well represented in this diverse collection, but the most visually prominent style is the Greek Revival a style that flourished and gained wide acceptance in Harrodsburg and Mercer County."It includes Doricham, at 409 N. College St., which was separately listed on the National Register in 1976.

Old Fort Harrod State Park is a park located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in the United States. The park encompasses 15 acres (6.1 ha) and features a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, the first permanent American settlement in the state of Kentucky. The park was founded in November 1934 as Pioneer Memorial State Park, and dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Governor Ruby Laffoon.The fort was named after James Harrod, who led an early party of settlers into Kentucky.

Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836, it is usually considered the oldest city in Kentucky and has been honored as the oldest permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians.

Rocky Point Manor is a Two Story mansion in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. It was built in 1810 for attorney and judge James Haggin. It was considered a grand home for Kentucky during the settlement period, its grounds spanning about 400 acres at the time, and stood next to the historic Fort Harrod. Following the bloody Battle of Perryville, on October 8, 1862, Rocky Point served as an impromptu field hospital for the wounded, both Union and Confederate soldiers having been treated in its basement, and a crawlspace on the wall having been used as a temporary morgue.

The St. Peters AME Church in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, is a historic church at Lexington Street and US 127. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.It is an African Methodist Episcopal church. The congregation was founded in 1839. The present church was built by contractor George Sallee Jr., with work contributed by members of the congregation during 1917 to 1918.

Cardwellton, at 103 E. Broadway in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, is a historic house which was begun in about 1785. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.The "nucleus of the house" is a log cabin built around 1785. The main block of the house is believed to have been built around 1820. Its Greek Revival portico was added between 1831 and 1837. It includes elements of Greek Revival and Federal architecture.

The St. Philips Episcopal Church in Harrodsburg, Kentucky is a historic church at Short and Chiles Streets. It was built during 1860-1861 and was added to the National Register in 1978.It is a brick church with granite trim. It is approximately 90 by 30 feet (27.4 m × 9.1 m) or 90 by 35 feet (27 m × 11 m) in plan.

McAfee is an unincorporated community located in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. It was also called Chaplin.