B. C. Calvert House

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B. C. Calvert House
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Coordinates 38°56′26″N84°50′47″W / 38.94056°N 84.84639°W / 38.94056; -84.84639 Coordinates: 38°56′26″N84°50′47″W / 38.94056°N 84.84639°W / 38.94056; -84.84639
Built 1875
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Late Victorian, Other
MPS Boone County MRA
NRHP reference # 88003292 [1]
Added to NRHP February 6, 1989

The B. C. Calvert House built in 1875 is an historic Late Victorian style house located in Union, Kentucky. On February 6, 1989, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

Victorian architecture series of architectural revival styles

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did not become popular until later in Victoria's reign. The styles often included interpretations and eclectic revivals of historic styles. The name represents the British and French custom of naming architectural styles for a reigning monarch. Within this naming and classification scheme, it followed Georgian architecture and later Regency architecture, and was succeeded by Edwardian architecture.

Union, Kentucky City in Kentucky, United States

Union is a home rule-class city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,379 as of the 2010 United States Census. The area was rural until residential growth in the 1990s and 2000s.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It is a five-bay, central passage plan house with a three-bay porch with turned posts and a bracketed cornice. It was deemed notable as "a good example of Folk Victorian architecture significant to Boone County in the period 1875-1900." [2]

Cornice horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture

A cornice is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element – the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown.

Boone County, Kentucky County in the United States

Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 118,811, making it the fourth-most populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Burlington. The county was formed in 1798 from part of Campbell County. and was named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.

The property includes two outbuildings and a brick smokehouse which are contemporary with the house. [2]

Smokehouse building where meat or fish is cured with smoke

A smokehouse or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more. Even when smoke is not used, such a building—typically a subsidiary building—is sometimes referred to as a "smoke house." When smoke is not used, the term "meat house" is common.

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