Michael Wallace House

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Michael Wallace House
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Nearest city Kirksville, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°37′33″N84°26′09″W / 37.62583°N 84.43583°W / 37.62583; -84.43583 (Michael Wallace House)
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Builtc.1795
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR
NRHP reference No. 83002783 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 23, 1983

The Michael Wallace House on Broadus Branch Rd. in Garrard County, Kentucky, near Kirksville, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

It was built in the 1790s. It is a one-and-a-half-story four-bay dry stone house of saltbox shape. [2]

It was built by pioneer Michael Wallace. Wallace also built and operated a grist mill on Paint Lick Creek below the house. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 C.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Michael Wallace House". National Park Service . Retrieved March 7, 2018. With 10 photos from 1982.