Van Kitchen House
Appearance
Van Kitchen House | |
Location | Off Kentucky Route 7 south of Grayson, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°14′15″N 82°59′32″W / 38.23750°N 82.99222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1838 |
Built by | Horton, Elijah |
Architectural style | Saddle-bag |
NRHP reference No. | 74000857[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 2, 1974 |
The Van Kitchen House, located south of Grayson, Kentucky, off Kentucky Route 7, is a saddlebag log house built in about 1838. It has also been known as the Elijah Horton House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
It is a two-story two-unit dwelling built of hewn logs and frame lapsiding, upon stone piers, built by or for Elijah Horton. The house was moved to its current location overlooking Grayson Lake in 1967.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Charles R. Johnson (March 22, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Kitchen House / Elijah Horton House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2017. With photo from 1973.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Houses completed in 1838
- National Register of Historic Places in Carter County, Kentucky
- 1838 establishments in Kentucky
- Log houses in the United States
- Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Relocated buildings and structures in Kentucky
- Eastern Kentucky Coalfield Registered Historic Place stubs
- Carter County, Kentucky, geography stubs