Diuguid, Edwin S., House

601 W. Main St., Murray, Kentucky. County/parish: Calloway.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 17, 1976. NRIS 76000855.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Diuguid-Kirk House

From Wikipedia:

Edwin S. Diuguid House

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.

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."

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123849542

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