David McKenzie Log Cabin

David McKenzie Log Cabin
Location Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222Coordinates: 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222
Built ca. 1860–1865
Architect David McKenzie
NRHP Reference # 82002728
Added to NRHP January 26, 1982

The David McKenzie Log Cabin is a historic house located within the Mountain Homeplace in Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States.[1] The cabin was built between 1860 and 1865 by David McKenzie, who was an early settler of Johnson County.[2] It was originally located at 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222, in Volga but was moved to the Mountain Homeplace in the early 1990s by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1982.[4]

The cabin is a double-pen,  1 1⁄2-story cabin measuring approximately 34.6 by 30.4 feet (10.5 by 9.3 m). It is not known if the structure was originally a double-pen structure as it is today or whether the eastern pen, constructed of poplar, was built first followed by the addition of the western pen, which is of yellow pine.[2] The walls are built of hewn logs with dovetail notching. The cabin rests on sandstone piers and contains a central fireplace, which is also made of sandstone.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Paintsville Tourism-Mountain Homeplace Retrieved on 2010-2-28
  2. 1 2 3 Lady, Lynn., National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for David McKenzie Log Cabin 12 July 1982. Retrieved on 2010-2-28
  3. ↑ U.S. Army Corp of Engineers-Recnotes (August 1995) Retrieved on 2010-2-28
  4. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Retrieved on 2010-2-28
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