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Thomas House | |
 House, visible at far end of long driveway, in 2022 | |
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| Location | 6102 Kentucky Route 43, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east of Mulberry-Eminence Pike, Shelby County, Kentucky near Mulberry, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°17′10″N 85°08′23″W / 38.28617°N 85.13969°W |
| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built | c.1835 |
| Architectural style | Settlement Vernacular |
| MPS | Shelby County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002857[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 1988 |
The Thomas House near Mulberry, Kentucky in Shelby County, Kentucky was built around 1830-40. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
History[edit]
The main feature was a house built around 1830 or 1840 by an unknown builder; the property was acquired by the Thomas family in the 1830s. The listed area is just 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) around the house and domestic area defined by fences on three sides. Not included in the area is a long driveway, about 1,000 feet (300 m) downhill and south to Cropper Road (Kentucky Route 43).[2]
"The house is a two-story center-passage plan 2-story, 4-bay frame center-passage plan with brick nogging, exterior brick end chimneys, handsome stone foundation laid to resemble Flemish bond brickwork on the front, weatherboards covered with vinyl siding on front, east and west end walls, and north and west walls of original 1-story ell, box cornice with bed molding, original 1-story pedimented Greek Revival porch: outer columns replaced and railing missing, inner Doric columns are original, reeded door surround with bull's eye corner blocks and rectangular transom, panelled aprons below sidelights, original horizontal and vertical panelled front door 6/6 sash original, original blinds, brick nogging exposed on rear wall, stone chimney with brick extension in ell, foundation of south room in ell is coursed rubble, that of north room is concrete, shed-roofed porch on east side of ell, cellar immediately to east of ell."[2]
The listing included a second contributing building, a cellar,[2] so perhaps a smokehouse or a meathouse.
Architecture: Settlement Vernacular Criteria: architecture/engineering
The place was deemed significant "as an unusual and well-preserved example of the early 19th century (1810-40) 2-story, frame center-passage, single-pile plan in Shelby County. The 4-bay facade is rare in the county as is the wood frame"[2]
Its listing followed a 1986-87 study of the historic resources of Shelby County.[3]
In 2022 photo from Cropper Road, the four-bay front facade of the house is visible. From satellite view of the property, however, it appears the house has been transformed by a large extension to the back.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d C. Worsham (February 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Thomas House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2022. With accompanying eight photos from 1986
- ^ Gibson Worsham; Charlotte Worsham; Christine Amos (January 1987). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Shelby County outside Shelbyville. NARA. Archived from the original on August 20, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022. (417 pages. Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ Google satellite view, accessed September 15, 2022
External links[edit]
Media related to Thomas House (Mulberry, Kentucky) at Wikimedia Commons
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Kentucky Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1835