Blau's Four Mile House

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Blau's Four Mile House
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Blau's Four Mile House (Reitman House), 2008.
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Location Camp Springs, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°59′49″N84°21′47″W / 38.99682°N 84.36295°W / 38.99682; -84.36295 Coordinates: 38°59′49″N84°21′47″W / 38.99682°N 84.36295°W / 38.99682; -84.36295
Builtc.1850-1870
ArchitectNicholas Reitman
MPS German Settlement, Four Mile Creek Area TR
NRHP reference No. 83002596 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1983

Blau's Four Mile House, also known as the Reitman House, is a historic property located on Four Mile Road in Camp Springs, Kentucky, a rural area of Campbell County, Kentucky. The house was constructed by Nicholas Reitman as part of a settlement built by German immigrants in the mid-19th Century. The structure was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

It is a 2+12-story rubble limestone house built into a hillside. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Carolyn M. Torma; Edward A. Chappell (May 10, 1979). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Blau's Four Mile House / Reitman House". National Park Service . Retrieved February 20, 2018. With three photos from 1979.