The Col. Abner Gaines House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, but recent archaeological work could prompt an expansion of the site boundary. Next month in Frankfort, the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board is scheduled to consider a nomination drafted by local archeologist Jeannine Kreinbrink to incorporate the remaining acreage of the original Gaines farm. If the board approves the nomination, it would be forwarded to the National Park Service for final consideration The existing National Register boundary covers 4½-acres of the property on Old Nicholson Road. The nomination proposes expanding the boundary to almost seven acres.The Federal-style brick house dates to at least the 1810s and once served as a stagecoach stop and tavern along the Lexington-Covington Turnpike. The remaining acreage within the proposed boundary is north of the historic house. "The 6.96-acre site has the potential to provide significant information about the use history of the site and cultural context, including taverns and commerce, and settlement patterns and historical development of Boone County," the nomination reads. [...]