Finney Hotel

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Finney Hotel
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LocationJunction of KY 403 and Hime St., Woodbury, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°11′04″N86°38′01″W / 37.18444°N 86.63361°W / 37.18444; -86.63361 (Finney Hotel) Coordinates: 37°11′04″N86°38′01″W / 37.18444°N 86.63361°W / 37.18444; -86.63361 (Finney Hotel)
Arealess than one acre
Built1890
Built byJones, J. R.
Architectural style I-house
NRHP reference No. 95001349 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1995

The Finney Hotel, in Woodbury, Kentucky, is a historic I-house building built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1995. [1]

It is located near the Green River in Woodbury Park, an 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) Butler County park, which is also home to two buildings that are NRHP-listed as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Superintendent's House and Workmen's Office.

It is a two-story wood-frame building. It has also been known as McKinney Hotel. It was deemed "important from c. 1890-1931 because it illustrates the economic development of Woodbury as a turn-of-the-century river town. The hotel is the only nineteenth century commercial building remaining in Woodbury." [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. Wayne R. Gannaway; Graham R. Hatcher (March 21, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Finney Hotel / McKinney Hotel / BT-W-7". National Park Service . Retrieved April 26, 2018. With accompanying three photos