Wells-Keith House

Wells-Keith House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	411–413 3rd St., Augusta, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°46′24″N84°0′5″W / 38.77333°N 84.00139°W / 38.77333; -84.00139
Built	1858–1864
Architectural style	Vernacular
NRHP reference No.	84001398 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1984

The Wells-Keith House is the only single-story brick double house in Augusta. Both units have hall-parlor plans. The west unit may have been built first, based on chimney placement. The west gable features an end chimney while there is an absence of a chimney on the east gable. Stylistic details include common bond masonry, small two-over-two sash and sandstone lintels and sills. ^[2]

Theodore Hamilton, former mayor of Augusta, conveyed lots 4 and 5 in Square 19 to Lewis B. Wells In 1858. Wells paid $575 for the property and sold it to Anderson D. Keith for $900 in 1864. Keith, a native of Virginia, was listed in the 1850 census as one of four Augusta physicians. The "house and lot" were deeded to Ann G. Keith in 1871. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 15, 2011.