Poague House

Coordinates: 38°31′39″N 83°49′09″W / 38.52747°N 83.81911°W / 38.52747; -83.81911
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Poague House
Poague House is located in Kentucky
Poague House
Poague House is located in the United States
Poague House
LocationParker Lane, Mays Lick, Kentucky
Coordinates38°31′39″N 83°49′09″W / 38.52747°N 83.81911°W / 38.52747; -83.81911
Area31 acres (0.13 km2)
BuiltEarly 19th Century
Built byThomas Metcalfe
Architectural styleFederal and Greek Revival architecture
MPSEarly Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
NRHP reference No.87000210[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 1987

The Poague House is a 2+12-story, three-bay, hall-parlor, dry-stone house built in the first half of the 19th century by future Kentucky Governor, Thomas Metcalfe for William Poague. The ashlar stone construction is of upper Ordovician fossiliferous limestone. Window frames are pegged with ovolo trim, nosed sills, and 9-11 voussoirs with key the same height. There is a dentilled cornice.[2]

Trim throughout the house is Federal except the hall in which a Greek Revival mantel was added. The doors are six panel with beaded diagonal battens on the inside. There is an enclosed corner stair with an atypical plaster lining.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

It is located in Mason County, Kentucky, on the southeast side of Parker Lane, above Lees Creek, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) past Mays Lick.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Caro1yn Murray-Wooley (April 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Poague House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)