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West-Metcalfe House

Coordinates: 36°55′10″N 84°46′39″W / 36.91944°N 84.77750°W / 36.91944; -84.77750 (West-Metcalfe House)
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West-Metcalfe House
West-Metcalfe House is located in Kentucky
West-Metcalfe House
West-Metcalfe House is located in the United States
West-Metcalfe House
LocationOff Kentucky Route 80, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) south of Mill Springs, Kentucky
Coordinates36°55′10″N 84°46′39″W / 36.91944°N 84.77750°W / 36.91944; -84.77750 (West-Metcalfe House)
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1800
NRHP reference No.77000661[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1977

The West-Metcalfe House, in Wayne County, Kentucky, about 1.75 miles (2.82 km) south of Mill Springs on the Cumberland River, was built in 1800. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

It served in December 1861 as the headquarters for Confederate general Felix Zollicoffer before the Battle of Logan's Crossroads (also known as Battle of Mill Springs and as Battle of Fishing Creek), a disastrous defeat for the Confederates delivered by Union forces of George H. Thomas.[2]

It is a one-and-a-half-story Georgian-style brick house.[2]

It was built by Captain Isaac West (1768–1830), a Kentucky state legislator and prominent local citizen.[2]

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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 c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West-Metcalfe House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2018. With accompanying six photos from 1976