Owen-Gay Farm

Gay Rd., jct. with Donaldson Rd. at the Bourbon--Clark Co. line, Winchester, Kentucky. County/parish: Clark.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 13, 1997. NRIS 97000163.

6 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 5 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • BB-362
  • CK-204

From Wikipedia:

Owen-Gay Farm

The Owen-Gay Farm in Clark County and Bourbon County in Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The property included two contributing buildings, nine contributing structures and one contributing site, on 238 acres (96 ha).

It is located on Gay Rd. at its junction with Donaldson Rd., at the Clark County-Bourbon County line. The house, built in 1825–1840, and 119 acres (48 ha) is in Clark County; some outbuildings and the other 119 acres (48 ha) are in Bourbon County.

It includes:

  • the house (1825–1840)
  • a log house (c. 1817), designated BB-362 and known as Glocca Morra School in the Kentucky Heritage Council's Historic Sites Inventory
  • a meathouse (c. 1825)
  • Ice House ruins (c. 1825)
  • cistern (1915–1920)
  • concrete water tank (c. 1945)
  • hay barn (c. 1900)
  • metal crib (1930–1940)
  • an undefined structure (c. 1900)
  • cattle barn (1910–1920)
  • sheep weigh house (c. 1910)

as well as agricultural acreage, fences, cemetery, and the farm's residential area which make up a contributing site.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123849676