It was built on the site of a saddlebag log cabin which burned in 1916, which was the birthplace of Bill Monroe and many of his siblings.

[1] The Charlie Monroe House was originally built in 1945 or 1946 and was regarded as non-contributing in the National Register listing.

[1] Along with the Charlie Monroe House, there were two festival stages and a sorghum mill on the property which were considered non-contributing.

[1] During the years after Monroe's passing, vandals took pieces of wood form the main house as souvenirs, adding to the disrepair already caused by weathering.

This article about a property in Ohio County, Kentucky on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.