Joseph C. Jenkins House (Petersburg, Ky.)

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Title
Joseph C. Jenkins House (Petersburg, Ky.)
Description
Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places
Floor Plan: Irregular
Superbly sited on a lofty hilltop overlooking Petersburg and the Ohio River is the grand residence of Joseph C. Jenkins, Boone County’s only Italian villa. Constructed in 1860, this home is an artful composition of Italianate, Gothic, Greek Revival and Moorish elements.
The house includes a three-stage tower in three different styles; a two-story, semi-octagonal facade bay; and delicate two-tier side porches.
The farm was added to the National Register in 1989.
Has beginning
Construction Date: 1860
Identifier
Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 55
National Register reference number: 88003265
National Archives identifier: 123845671
Full address
6279 Petersburg Road
Political division
Petersburg (Ky.)
Latitude
38.94558335
Longitude
-84.68077326
Target coordinates
700991.284 m
4313295.709 m
Bibliographic citation
Historic Structures of Boone County, page 54
Survey of Historic Sites, page 27

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