Brown, Mason, House

0.5 mi. E of end of Brown's Bottom Rd., Gratz, Kentucky. County/parish: Owen.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 27, 1998. NRIS 98000325.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Blue Wing Landing

From Wikipedia:

Mason Brown House

The Mason Brown House, in Owen County, Kentucky, United States, was built in 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

It is located in a remote river bottom, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the end of Brown's Bottom Road, within a loop of the Kentucky River.

It is a 46 by 32 feet (14.0 m × 9.8 m) plan two-and-a-half-story balloon frame house. It has "deeply scrolled" bargeboards which were cut from large planks of yellow poplar.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123851655

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