Roscoe Hamilton House

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Roscoe Hamilton House
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Nearest city Lancaster, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°46′07″N84°40′21″W / 37.76861°N 84.67250°W / 37.76861; -84.67250 Coordinates: 37°46′07″N84°40′21″W / 37.76861°N 84.67250°W / 37.76861; -84.67250
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Builtc.1855
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Garrard County MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001285 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1985

The Roscoe Hamilton House, on Buena Vista Rd. near Lancaster, Kentucky, is a Greek Revival-style house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

It is a two-story, five bay central passage plan frame house with brick interior end chimneys. It has a pedimented portico and a one-story ell. It dates from c.1850-1860. [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. Helen Powell (1983). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Roscoe Hamilton House / Hamilton Homeplace". National Park Service . Retrieved March 18, 2018. With two photos from 1984.