Grove Hill Cemetery Chapel

The Bayne House, at 37 Main St. in Shelbyville, Kentucky, was built in 1915 in Classical Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a central passage plan house with a curved two-story portico. Its hallway has dado panelling and an open, square stairwell with elaborate balusters. Its hall and two front rooms have cove cornices. Mary Bayne, who lived there, wrote Crestlands about the founding of the Christian Church. It has also been termed The Coachstop. It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville.

Church of the Annunciation is a historic Roman Catholic church at 105 Main Street in Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was built in 1860 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was built in 1860, after the first Roman Catholic priest came to Shelbyville in 1842. It is a two-story brick Gothic Revival-style church built with stone sills and arches. It has a three-story tower. It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville.

The East Shelbyville District, in Shelbyville, Kentucky, is a 5.1 acres (2.1 ha) historic district which is roughly E. 3rd St. from Washington to Bradshaw St. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included 37 contributing buildings. It includes mostly one- and two-story brick Federal-style buildings on lots from the original town plat of 1794. The oldest are five three-bay hall-parlor plan ones on East Main St. built between 1800 and 1825, built of brick laid in Flemish bond. The district includes the Gothic Revival St. James Episcopal Church at the corner of Third and Main, built in 1868. The district was identified and listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville.

The Saffell Funeral Home, located at 4th and Clay Streets in Shelbyville, Kentucky, was built in about 1830. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is or was a two-story, three bay brick side passage plan building which had been stuccoed by 1983. It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville. The building appears to have been removed by 2014.

The Bethel AME Church in Shelbyville, Kentucky is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 414 Henry Clay Street. It was built in 1916 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was deemed notable as the "best example of integration of Gothic Revival and Classical Revival styles" among Shelbyville's churches, and it was asserted the "sanctuary is also important in the evolution of black religious life in Shelbyville." It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville.

The Caldwell House, just east of Shelbyville, Kentucky, was built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is a two-story hip-roofed frame house with decorative features derived from Queen Anne pattern books. The listing included a second contributing building, an original frame barn. It is located on U.S. Route 60 at Kentucky Route 53.

Science Hill School, originally known as the Science Hill Female Academy was founded on March 25, 1825, by Julia A. Tevis as a female preparatory school. In 1975 the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1978, it was opened as a restaurant known as the Science Hill Inn by Donna Gill and Tim Barnes.

The Shelby County Public Library, formerly the Carnegie Public Library, in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States, is a Carnegie library which was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The first public library in Shelbyville was created by the local women's club in 1899. A board member corresponded with Andrew Carnegie leading to a grant of $10,000 for the construction of this building. It has an octagonal dome, and it has been deemed the best local example of Romanesque Revival architecture.

The St. John United Methodist Church in Shelbyville, Kentucky was a historic church located on College Street. It was built in 1896 and added to the National Register in 1984. It was deemed to be the "best local example of frame Gothic Revival religious architecture" and also an "important landmark in the evolution of black religious history in Shelbyville." The congregation was originally affiliated with the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. The land to build a church was acquired from David H. Wayne in 1887, but construction did not commence until 1894, being completed in 1896. Over the next century, many notable figures in the African American history of Shelby County were members here, including Zora Clark, the first African American in the county to receive a nursing degree; T.S. Baxter, the first African American elected to the Shelbyville city council; and Emma Payne Roland, the first African American reporter for the local newspaper, the Shelby Sentinel. After various conference mergers, it eventually became a congregation of the United Methodist Church, and in 1996, moved to a modern worship space at 212 Martin Luther King Junior Street nearby. It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville. The church building appears no longer to exist. The church was one of the best local examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture, known for its tall steeple and 30 stained glass windows. At the time of its construction, it was the largest African American congregation in town, and served the largest congregation.

Shelby County Public Schools is a school district based in Shelbyville, Kentucky, which serves Shelby County. As of 2020, all schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but are expected to reopen the following school year.

Shelbyville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 17,282 at the 2020 census.

Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,065. Its county seat is Shelbyville. The county was established in 1792 and named for Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Shelby County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shelby County's motto is "Good Land, Good Living, Good People".