Edwards House (Exie, Kentucky)

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Edwards House
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Location in United States
Nearest city Exie, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°07′41″N85°32′08″W / 37.12806°N 85.53556°W / 37.12806; -85.53556 (Edwards House) Coordinates: 37°07′41″N85°32′08″W / 37.12806°N 85.53556°W / 37.12806; -85.53556 (Edwards House)
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1840s
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Green County MRA
NRHP reference No. 84001507 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1984

The Edwards House, on Kentucky Route 745 in Green County, Kentucky, United States, near Exie, Kentucky, was built in the 1840s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

The house was deemed "one of the best examples in the county of both the Greek Revival style and the dogtrot log house form." [2]

It is a two-story, five-bay log house. It has a slope-shouldered stone chimney on its north end while the stone chimney on its south end had collapsed by 1984. It has a two-tiered portico. It has Greek Revival surrounds to its windows and doors. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Joe DeSpain (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edwards House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 2, 2019. With accompanying pictures