Chronicles of Boone County

Jonathan Carlton House (Petersburg, Ky.)

Item

Title

Jonathan Carlton House (Petersburg, Ky.)

Alternate name

Schramm's Tavern Building (Petersburg, Ky.)

Description

Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places

Floor Plan: Center Passage

The Jonathan Carlton House also known as Schramm's Tavern, is one of Petersburg’s oldest standing buildings. Built around 1825, it is one of the most distinguished Federal buildings in the county. It was occupied by Jonathan Carlton prior to 1836 and was later owned by Robert Mosley, a prosperous farmer and slaveholder. In 1860 it was purchased by John Schramm, who converted it to a tavern.

The house is an elegant frame dwelling on the I-house plan. The finely detailed main entrance features an elliptical fanlight, flanking sidelights and reeded details. The walls are sheathed in uneven, pit-sawn weatherboards with beaded corner boards. Exposed chimney breasts are visible in the gable ends. A double gallery shelters the facade.

The house was added to the National Register in 1982.

Has beginning

Construction Date: circa 1825

Identifier

Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 40

Full address

6584 Market Street

Political division

Petersburg (Ky.)

Related resource

Carlton family

Mosley family

Schramm family

National Register Information (PDFs), inventory form and photographs

Latitude

39.06896404

Longitude

-84.87076

Target coordinates

684204.322 m

4326587.384 m

Bibliographic citation

Historic Structures of Boone County, page 52

Survey of Historic Sites, page 24

Source

Boone County GIS

Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory

Historic Structures of Boone County Kentucky

Survey of Historic Sites in Kentucky: Boone County

National Register of Historic Places Database

Item sets

Historic Sites--Kentucky--Boone County--Petersburg

Historic Sites--National Register--Kentucky--Boone County

Media

Jonathan Carlton House