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Dr. William Harrison McCord House
It’s been quite some time since I featured an Eagleville home! The Dr. William Harrison McCord House was built between 1880 and 1882. McCord was a surgeon in the Civil War and later settled in Eagleville as a local physician. He married Sarah Macon Williams in 1868 and was given around 199 acres of land
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Lexington, KY Brick Beauty
She’s a BRICK…..HOUUUUSE. She’s mighty-mighty, just lettin’ it all hang out! What’s not to love about this big old brick house in Lexington, Kentucky? She was built in 1887 and is located in the adorable Fayette Park neighborhood.
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Falling Apart in Louisville
UPDATE: This place was recently for sale! I hope someone fixes it up! This old house seems to have been through it over the years. I couldn’t find anything about it, but I’m hoping that the new wood post means someone is trying to keep it standing.
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Sunnyside in Shelbyville
Have you ever driven by a house and thought, this place has got to have a story? I passed this old brick house the other day. It wasn’t my first time, but it was the first time that I really pondered its story. I decided to check in a book that I have about homes
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Mansion in Old Louisville
Mansard mansion in Old Louisville!
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Clayton-Pittard House
A sunny and cheerful foursquare on East Main in Murfreesboro is just what I needed today! The Clayton-Pittard House may date back to 1881 according to the book ‘Those East Main Street People and Their Houses” written by Charles Byron Arnette. The National Register lists the circa date as 1910. Nevertheless, this home has been
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Kinzea Stone House
Kenston, as it’s called, is the Kinzea Stone House in Georgetown, Kentucky. It was built in 1892 by Stone who came to Georgetown with $200 in his pocket. He is on record as one of Georgetown’s greatest entreprenuers of all time.The Lexington Transcript had this to say about his newly built home, “There is not
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Beech Hall is High on a Hill
Its presence atop a hill near Normandy is anything but subtle. This old house has been watching from its peak since around 1866. For those that loath math like me, that’s 156 years of being king of the hill. It’s known as Beech Hall and was named after, well, the large amount of beech trees
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Tullahoma Home, Circa 1915
I love this home in Tullahoma! It dates to 1915 and has some pretty unique details.
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Bell Buckle Foursquare Home
You’ll find this old American foursquare as you make your way into Bell Buckle. For around 100 years it’s been welcoming folks into town. Nothing fancy, but sometimes simple is just as beautiful as fancy! This house especially has wowed me with its colorful leaves.
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