Dr. John E. Stevenson House (Big Bone, Ky.)

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Title: Dr. John E. Stevenson House (Big Bone, Ky.)
Description: Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places; Floor Plan: Center Passage Single; This house, built c.1870, is the sole surviving building associated with the Big Bone Lick mineral springs, where a leading resort/spa prospered in the mid-19th century. Dr. Stevenson, proprietor of the Home for Invalids at Big Bone, was involved with both the curative and recreational aspects of the resort and operated at least two of the hotels erected there.; The Stevenson House is a three-bay, central-passage frame I-house with rear ell. A drylaid stone retaining wall defines the front property line, and a stone-lined root cellar is built into a hillside immediately behind the house. West of the house is a sculpture garden created by the current owners.; The house was added to the National Register in 2000.
Has beginning: Construction Date: 1870
Identifier: Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 295; National Register reference number: 912; National Archives identifier: 123845698
Full address: 3422 Beaver Road
Political division: Big Bone (Ky.)
Related resource: Stevenson family; National Register documentation [PDF]
Latitude: 38.97882986
Longitude: -84.75651005
Target coordinates: 694336.079 m; 4316821.303 m
Bibliographic citation: Historic Structures of Boone County, page 75
Source: Boone County GIS; Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory; National Register of Historic Places Database; National Archives Catalog; Historic Structures of Boone County Kentucky

Item sets: Historic Sites--Kentucky--Boone County--Big Bone; Historic Sites--Kentucky--Boone County--Hamilton Precinct; Historic Sites--National Register--Kentucky--Boone County

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