Colonel Abner Gaines House (Walton, Ky.)
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Title
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Colonel Abner Gaines House (Walton, Ky.)
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Alternate name
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Gaines Tavern Building (Walton, Ky.)
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Description
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Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places
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Floor Plan: Center Passage
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The Gaines Tavern History Center is home to the Abner Gaines House, built around 1814. The Federal style home belonged to Colonel Abner Gaines and his family. Gaines operated a tavern here on what became a common stopover point on the Covington-Lexington Turnpike.
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The house remained in the Gaines family until after the Civil War. Since then it has been a private residence (owned by the Cleek family) and an antique store. It is now a museum operated by the City of Walton.
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The house was added to the National Register in 1980.
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Has beginning
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Construction Date: 1814
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Identifier
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Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 350
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National Register reference number: 80001483
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National Archives identifier: 123849310
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Full address
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150 Old Walton-Nicholson Road
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Latitude
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38.90635883
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Longitude
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-84.8123398
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Target coordinates
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689692.607 m
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4308660.245 m
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Bibliographic citation
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Historic Structures of Boone County, page 86
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Survey of Historic Sites, pages 71-72
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