Hunter, Jacob, House

Off KY 325 near Big South Fork of KY River, New Liberty, Kentucky. County/parish: Owen.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 08, 1987. NRIS 87000204.

1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Jacob Hunter House (New Liberty, Kentucky)

The Jacob Hunter House near New Liberty, Kentucky is a historic Federal vernacular-style house built in 1818. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

It was built by Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Hunter, whose grandson was Lafayette Hunter. The site preserves the ruins of an early stone house, the only such site in Owen County, Kentucky and the only one-bay stone house in the state. In 1984 it was noted to be a "good historic archaeologic site; unchanged except by nature."

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848167

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