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{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = William J. Thomas House
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = 
  | caption = 
  | location=Off [[Kentucky Route 12]], near the junction with [[Kentucky Route 43]], [[Mulberry, Kentucky]], [[Shelby County, Kentucky]]
  | coordinates = {{coord|38.27281|-85.15186|source:Doncram|display=inline,title}}
  | locmapin = Kentucky
  | built = c.1900
  | architect OR builder = Gruber, Lynn T., & Sons
  | architecture = [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]]
  | added = December 27, 1988
  | area = {{convert|2.1|acre|ha}}
  | mpsub = Shelby County MRA
  | refnum = 88002860<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
}}
The '''William J. Thomas House''', in or near [[Mulberry, Kentucky]], was built around 1900.  

It has a grand facade with two-story pillars.

Year of construction: 1900
Date added: December 27, 1988
Architect: Gruber, Lynn T., & Sons

[[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]]
Historic function: Domestic
Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling
Criteria: architecture/engineering
Number of acres: 2.1
Number of contributing buildings: 5

<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848604 |title=Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: William J. Thomas House |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=C. Worsham |date=February 1986 |access-date=August 20, 2022}} Includes photos.</ref>

Its listing followed a 1986-87 study of the historic resources of Shelby County.<ref name=ShelbyMPS>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848573 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Shelby County outside Shelbyville |publisher=[[NARA]] |author=Gibson Worsham |author2=Charlotte Worsham |author3=Christine Amos |date=January 1987 |access-date=August 20, 2022 }} (417 pages. {{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

It is located within study area for routing of a new highway connecting [[Interstate 65]] and [[Interstate 71]] avoiding Louisville.<ref name=regionalconnector>{{cite report|type=none |title=Environmental Overview / 65-71 Regional Connector / KYTC Item 5-564.00 / Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, & Oldham Counties |date=May 2, 2019 |url=https://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Planning%20Studies%20and%20Reports/65-71%20Appendix%20D%20-%20Environmental%20Overview%20and%20Screening.pdf }} And final report is at {{cite report |type=none |url=https://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Planning%20Studies%20and%20Reports/65-71%20Regional%20Connector%20Final%20Report.pdf |date=September 2020 |title=65-71 Regional Corridor Study / Final Report / Prepared for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Central Office, District 5 |author=HDR |author2=Palmer Engineering |author3=HMB Professional Engineers, Inc. |author4=Integrated Engineering |author5=CRA Associates, Inc. |author6=Corn Island Archaeology|author7=Civil Design, Inc.}}</ref> 

It is up a small paved road which may have a gate and may be a private road, although Google Streetview filmed its way through at one point (but view of this house has been deliberately obscured in Streetview imagery).

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
		
[[:Category:National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Kentucky]]
[[:Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1900]]
[[:Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky]]
[[:Category:Houses in Shelby County, Kentucky]]
[[:Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Kentucky]]

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