J. B. Allen House (Chestnut Grove, Kentucky)

J. B. Allen House
Nearest city Chestnut Grove, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°18′40″N 85°15′50″W / 38.31111°N 85.26389°W / 38.31111; -85.26389Coordinates: 38°18′40″N 85°15′50″W / 38.31111°N 85.26389°W / 38.31111; -85.26389
Area 5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built c.1875
MPS Shelby County MRA
NRHP Reference # 88002867[1]
Added to NRHP December 27, 1988

J. B. Allen House in Chestnut Grove, Kentucky is a two-story brick T-plan house built in the 1870s.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

The house is built with brick in running bond on its principal (southeast) facade, and has segmental arched brick hood molds over its 2/2 sash windows. It had a cornice but that was removed. It has a "handsome" one-story wood porch with paired columns and jig-sawn trim. It has a hipped roof. The house has a one-and-a-half-story ell and a shed-roofed porch in the angle of the ell. It has a separate underground cellar.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 C. Worsham (1976). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory/Nomination: J. B. Allen House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2017. with five photos from 1986


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