The Adam Pence House in Lincoln County, Kentucky near Stanford, Kentucky, was built in 1851. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] Although apparently still NRHP-listed, it has apparently been demolished.
Adam Pence House | |
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| Nearest city | Stanford, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°28′10″N 84°37′57″W / 37.469516°N 84.632603°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1851 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001376[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1978 |
It was a red brick I-house with a rear ell, fronted by four two-story white pillars. In 1978 it was deemed "architecturally significant as being one of the grand Greek Revival rural residences of Lincoln County to survive in a relatively unaltered state."[2]
It was built for Adam Pence in 1851 with bricks made ("burned") on its property, and with lumber transported from Somerset, Kentucky.[2] Adam Pence fought in the War of 1812 and the house was built on land given to him for his service in that war.[3]
An 1898 photo of the home, labelled as the "Matheny-Pence House on Old Somerset Road", appears in a Lincoln County history compiled by the local historical society.[3] Labelled as "Yankees" in the photo are husband and wife Adam Richard Matheny and Franciska Hornath Matheny.[3]
Its location is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Stanford on Kentucky Route 1247.[1]
By 2022, the house appears to have been demolished. An undated Bing Maps aerial view shows the house, recognizable by its outline compared to sketch map in the NRHP document, labelled as 5310 Kentucky Highway 1247, at 37°28′10″N 84°37′57″W / 37.469516°N 84.632603°W. This is close to the coordinates (37°28′06″N 84°38′01″W / 37.46833°N 84.63361°W) provided with NRIS 2013 data, within usual variance of such vs. modern GPS mapping.[4] However a Google Maps satellite view, presumably later, shows ruins at that site.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Daniel Kidd (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Adam Pence House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 17, 2022. With accompanying six photos from 1977
- ^ a b c Lincoln County Historical Society (Lincoln County, Ky.) (2002). Lincoln County, Kentucky. Turner Publishing Company. p. 226. ISBN 9781563117893.
- ^ Judgment of Wikipedia editors of NRHP articles.
- ^ Bing Maps imagery, undated, and Google Maps imagery, undated, both copyrighted 2022, consulted May 19, 2022.
External links
edit- Full text of "A history of Pence place names and early Pences in America, with genealogies", at Internet Archive.