Rabbit Hash General Store Building (Rabbit Hash, Ky.)
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Title
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Rabbit Hash General Store Building (Rabbit Hash, Ky.)
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Alternate name
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Stephens General Store Building (Rabbit Hash, Ky.)
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Description
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Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places--Rabbit Hash District
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Floor Plan: N/A
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Famed far beyond Boone County's borders, this Rabbit Hash landmark is the best-known and best-preserved general store in Northern Kentucky. The building's central storeroom is of vertical board construction with four principal posts down each side wall; it is believed to date from circa 1830. The flanking sheds were added later, as was the raised parapet with Coca-Cola sign.
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Originally built at road level, the building was subsequently raised on pilings to protect it from floods; an ingenious system of iron anchor bolts also was installed, designed to tie the building to the ground in high water. These design features helped preserve the building when historic floods ravaged the town in 1937.
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The store has been restored and is a tourist attraction as well as a local amenity. It was added to the National Register in 1989.
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Has beginning
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Construction Date: 1831
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Identifier
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Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 330
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National Register reference number: 88003293
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National Archives identifier: 123845673
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Full address
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10021 Lower River Road
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Latitude
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38.96129671
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Longitude
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-84.61908317
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Target coordinates
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706292.590 m
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4315177.676 m
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Bibliographic citation
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Historic Structures of Boone County, page 70
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Survey of Historic Sites, page 95
Rabbit Hash (Ky.)
Rabbit Hash Historic District (Ky.)
