Chronicles of Boone County

Dinsmore House (Boone County, Ky.)

Item

Title

Dinsmore House (Boone County, Ky.)

Alternate name

James Dinsmore House (Boone County, Ky.)

Description

Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places

Floor Plan: Irregular

A solid, comfortable and unpretentious farm house in the early Greek Revival style, the Dinsmore House features an unusual floor plan: the first floor is bisected by a broad hall with no formal staircase. The house was constructed in 1842 by builder John Brady, supervised by James Dinsmore's brother John.

Has beginning

Construction Date: 1842

Identifier

Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 13

Full address

5656 Burlington Pike

Parent division/institution

Dinsmore Homestead Foundation

Political division

Burlington Precinct (Boone County, Ky.)

Located within

Dinsmore Homestead Farm (Boone County, Ky.)

Related resource

Dinsmore family

National Register Information 1979 (PDFs), inventory form and photographs

Dinsmore Homestead - History Part 1 of 2

Dinsmore Homestead - History Part 2 of 2

Dinsmore Homestead - Foundation/Geology Part 1 of 2

Dinsmore Homestead - Foundation/Geology Part 2 of 2

Latitude

39.05500748

Longitude

-84.81220928

Target coordinates

689307.444 m

4325158.697 m

Bibliographic citation

Historic Structures of Boone County, page 60

Survey of Historic Sites, page 16

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--Burlington Precinct

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

Media

Dinsmore House