Carpenter-Smith House

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Carpenter-Smith House
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LocationCovered Bridge Road
Nearest city Crestwood, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°22′8″N85°31′46″W / 38.36889°N 85.52944°W / 38.36889; -85.52944 Coordinates: 38°22′8″N85°31′46″W / 38.36889°N 85.52944°W / 38.36889; -85.52944
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc.1839
NRHP reference No. 82002739 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1982

Constructed around 1839, the Carpenter-Smith House is located on Covered Bridge Road near Crestwood in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1982. A photo of the house is included on page 16 of the April 2009 Brownsboro, Kentucky Area Master Plan. [2]

It is somewhat unusual for having two separated front doors, in a window-door-window-door-window line-up of bays across the front of the house. [3] It is about 1/4 mile off Hwy

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. BROWNSBORO Master Plan April, 2009, http://www.oldhamahead.org/Brownsboro_Area_Master_Plan_Final_April_2009.pdf Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 1 October 2009.
  3. Mary Cronan Oppel (November 1980). Carpenter-Smith House / Forest Home Farm. NARA. Includes three photos.