Buck-Mercer House

Buck-Mercer House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Somerset, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°14′02″N84°35′04″W / 37.23389°N 84.58444°W / 37.23389; -84.58444 (Buck-Mercer House)
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	c.1810, 1858
Architectural style	Double pen dog trot
MPS	Pulaski County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84001941 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1984

The Buck-Mercer House, on Waynesburg Road in Pulaski County, Kentucky near Somerset, was initially built around 1810 as a single pen log house. ^[1]

The south pen was constructed with half-dovetail notching and included a limestone chimney. In 1858, a second, north pen with a dog trot between was added. It is the only surviving double pen dogtrot house in the county. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Carolyn Torma; Camille Wells (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski County Multiple Resource Area Continuation: Buck-Mercer House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 19, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1983-84
3. Carolyn Torma; Camille Wells (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski County Multiple Resource Area". National Park Service . Retrieved April 19, 2018.