Stone House on Kentucky River

Stone House on Kentucky River is located in Prestonville, Kentucky. It was built in 1835 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1987.

Stone House on Kentucky River
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	KY 55, Prestonville, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°40′24″N 85°11′36″W
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Built	c.1835
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal, Transitional Federal-Greek
MPS	Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
NRHP reference No.	87000151[1]
Added to NRHP	January 8, 1987

It is located on Kentucky River. It is a five bay, two-story, central passage, dry stone house, about 22 by 46 feet (6.7 m × 14.0 m) in plan, built in about 1835. It has a two-story, two bay ell built at the same time.^[2]

It is one of two known dry-stone houses in Carroll County. It was deemed notable as "a good and rare example of the transitional Federal/Greek Revival period."^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Carolyn Murray-Wooley (June 1984). "Kentucky Resources Inventory: Stone House on Kentucky River". National Park Service. Retrieved December 21, 2017. With four photos from 1984.