Reed-Dossey House

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Reed-Dossey House
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LocationUpper Main Cross and Jefferson Sts., Brownsville, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°11′34″N86°16′11″W / 37.19278°N 86.26972°W / 37.19278; -86.26972 (Reed-Dorsey House)
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Builtc.1890
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Vernacular Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 86002866 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1986

The Reed-Dossey House, in Brownsville, Kentucky, is a historic house built around 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

It is a balloon-frame house with a two-story T-plan, plus a one-story wing. [2]

It was deemed notable "as an unusually large and intact example of vernacular late Victorian architecture in a small town in western Kentucky" with well-preserved interior and exterior details. [2]

The house was built by/for entrepreneur J.P. Reed, who was "reputedly connected with the steamboat traffic on the Green River" and it is believed that Reed intended for the house to be a hotel or boarding house. The house was later operated by the Dossey family as a boarding house; Miss Tandie Mclntyre, a local schoolteacher was a notable boarder. [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 3 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Reed-Dossey House". National Park Service . Retrieved May 5, 2018. With accompanying 10 photos from 1986