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Edwin S. Diuguid House

Coordinates: 36°36′38″N 88°18′15″W / 36.61056°N 88.30417°W / 36.61056; -88.30417 (Edwin S. Diuguid House)
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Edwin S. Diuguid House
Edwin S. Diuguid House is located in Kentucky
Edwin S. Diuguid House
Edwin S. Diuguid House is located in the United States
Edwin S. Diuguid House
Location601 W. Main St., Murray, Kentucky
Coordinates36°36′38″N 88°18′15″W / 36.61056°N 88.30417°W / 36.61056; -88.30417 (Edwin S. Diuguid House)
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1895
ArchitectAlda Lafayette Lassiter
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.76000855[1]
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1976

The Edwin S. Diuguid House, at 601 W. Main St. in Murray, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It has also been known as the Diuguid-Kirk House.[1]

The house "was built in 1895 by Edwin S. Diuguid, Sr. A native of Calloway County he was a successful and respected merchant of Murray, Kentucky. The house, the first residence built with pressed brick and trimmed with stone in Murray, was one of the largest and most pretentious houses in the area before the turn of the century."[2]

It was designed by architect Alda Lafayette Lassiter of Paducah, Kentucky.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Mrs. James Byrn (April 9, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edwin S. Diuguid House / Diuguid-Kirk House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1972-74