Edwards Hall | |
 Edwards Hall, March 2015 | |
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| Location | Goebel Avenue, Elkton, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 36°48′14″N87°09′08″W / 36.80389°N 87.15222°W Coordinates: 36°48′14″N87°09′08″W / 36.80389°N 87.15222°W |
| Built | 1821 |
| Built by | Benjamin Edwards |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000906 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 11, 1974 |
Edwards Hall, located on a knoll overlooking Goebel Ave in Elkton, Kentucky, was built around 1821 by Benjamin Edwards. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
Edwards Hall is a large and stately two-story brick residence that was built in 1821 by former U.S. Representative from Maryland Benjamin Edwards. He was a member of a prominent family, [2] including his brother, John Edwards, who represented Kentucky in the Virginia House of Delegates before Kentucky became a state and helped Kentucky attain statehood, was elected to both houses of the State Legislature, and was one of the first two U.S. Senators to represent Kentucky. Benjamin's eldest son, Ninian Beall Edward, was the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals before serving as Governor and U.S. Senator for Illinois. [1]
Ninian Wirt Edwards, Benjamin's grandson and Ninian's son, was the first superintendent of public instruction in Illinois and was elected to the Illinois State Legislature several times. He married Elizabeth Todd, the sister of Mary Todd, who met, courted and married Abraham Lincoln in the younger Edwards' home. [1]
Benjamin Helm Bristow, a great-grandson of Benjamin Edwards' (through his daughter Mary (née Edwards) Helm and granddaughter Emily (née Helm) Bristow), was born at Edwards Hall. [3] A son of U.S. Representative from Kentucky and businessman Francis Bristow, Benjamin Helm Bristow served as the first Solicitor General and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. [1]
The front façade is three bays in width and each of the two end bays has four shuttered windows. The central bay is gabled and has two identical double doors, one above the other, with a narrow window above the second story door. Each of the double doors has glass sidelights and a glass transom. The first floor doorway is flanked by period lighting and opens into a low porch that has a wrought iron railing; while the second floor doorway opens onto a balcony with identical wrought iron trim. [1]
The building was meticulously restored approximately around 1940 and upon its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, it was in excellent condition. [1] [4]
Todd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,460. Its county seat is Elkton. The county is named for Colonel John Todd, who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782 during the American Revolution.
Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and as such the First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865. She dropped the name Ann after her younger sister, Ann Todd (Clark), was born, and did not use the name Todd after marrying.
Benjamin Helm Bristow was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th U.S. Treasury Secretary and the first Solicitor General.
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Ninian Edwards was a founding political figure of the State of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to until the territory was dissolved in 1818. He was then one of the first two United States Senators from the State of Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830. In a time and place where personal coalitions were more influential than parties, Edwards led one of the two main factions in frontier Illinois politics.
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Albert Gallatin Edwards was an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln and founder of brokerage firm A. G. Edwards.
The Benjamin Stephenson House is a Federal style home built in 1820 in the city of Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. The house was constructed by prominent Edwardsville citizen and Illinois politician Benjamin Stephenson. He died shortly after the home's completion and the home had 15 subsequent owners, some of whom made major alterations to the original structure. In 1845 the addition of an ell altered the appearance of the house. The last two owners were the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the current owner, the city of Edwardsville.
The Edwards–Lincoln–Porter family is a family of politicians from the United States.
The 1876 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 14–16, 1876. President Ulysses S. Grant considered seeking a third term, but with various scandals, a weak economy and Democratic gains in the House of Representatives leading many Republicans to repudiate him, he did not run. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio for president and Representative William A. Wheeler of New York for vice president.
Corner in Celebrities Historic District is a neighborhood located in the north section of Frankfort, Kentucky that is designated an historic district because of the high concentration of structures that previously belonged to notable residents. The area contains the historic homes of George M. Bibb, Benjamin G. Brown, James Brown, John Brown, John J. Crittenden, Thomas Crittenden, James Harlan, John Marshall Harlan, Robert P. Letcher, William Lindsay, Thomas Metcalfe, Charles Slaughter Morehead, William Owsley, Hugh Rodman, Charles S. Todd, Thomas Todd, George G. Vest, John C. Watson, and Simeon Willis. The area was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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