Stone House on Kentucky River

KY 55, Prestonville, Kentucky. County/parish: Carroll.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 08, 1987. NRIS 87000151.

1 contributing building.

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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.

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.

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."

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123846083

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