Dr. Henry Clay House
Dr. Henry Clay House | |
Location | Off Kentucky Route 227 near Paris, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°08′18″N 84°13′53″W / 38.13833°N 84.23139°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR |
NRHP reference No. | 83002558[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 22, 1983 |
The Dr. Henry Clay House near Paris, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
Located in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, this house was built by Revolutionary War Veteran Dr. Henry Clay, (distant cousin of politician Henry Clay) in 1787.
Property
[edit]The property runs along a farm road which goes southwest from Winchester Road in Bourbon County, Kentucky. The house, known locally as "the Fort", is a very early small stone house built as a rare double pen, with one-and-one-half stories with interior end chimneys. The lower floor has two rooms and stairs in the northeast corner that lead up to a second floor. A frame shed was the most recent addition on the east side of the house, used to store hay. The north side of the property contains a family cemetery, where Henry and his wife, Rachel Povall, are buried there along with other family members.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ C.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Dr. Henry Clay House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2018. With five photos from 1982.
- ^ "Henry Clay's Station". www.frontierfolk.net. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Houses in Bourbon County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Bourbon County, Kentucky
- 1788 establishments in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1788
- Double pen architecture in the United States
- Henry Clay
- Pre-statehood history of Kentucky
- Lexington-Fayette–Richmond–Frankfort region, Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs