Jacob Hunter House (New Liberty, Kentucky)
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| Location | Off Kentucky Route 325 near the Big South Fork of the Kentucky River, near New Liberty, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°33′18″N 84°57′47″W / 38.55500°N 84.96306°WCoordinates: 38°33′18″N 84°57′47″W / 38.55500°N 84.96306°W |
| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architectural style | Federal vernacular |
| MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000204[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 8, 1987 |
The Jacob Hunter House near New Liberty, Kentucky is a historic Federal vernacular-style house built in 1818. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
It was built by Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Hunter, whose grandson was . The site preserves the ruins of an early stone house, the only such site in Owen County, Kentucky and the only one-bay stone house in the state. In 1984 it was noted to be a "good historic archaeologic site; unchanged except by nature."[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Carolyn Murray Wooley (April 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Jacob Hunter House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2018. With two photos from 1984.
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Federal architecture in Kentucky
- Buildings and structures completed in 1818
- Owen County, Kentucky
- Northern Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs