J.S. Ransom House (Boone County, Ky.)

Title: J.S. Ransom House (Boone County, Ky.)
Alternate name: Ransom House (Boone County, Ky.); Ransom-Hudson-Messmer House (Boone County, Ky.)
Description: Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places; Floor Plan: Side Passage; The Ransom House, owned in 1883 by J.S. Ransom, is a frame version of the Greek Revival side passage house popular in the Verona area during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Unlike the other examples of this type, the Greek Revival portion of the Ransom house is an addition to an earlier single-pen log house. Despite the small dimensions of the two-story addition, the interior moldings are relatively sophisticated with deep hoods, or drip moldings, over the windows.
Has beginning: Construction Date: 1800-1824
Identifier: Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 237; National Register reference number: 88003284; National Archives identifier: 123845677
Full address: 1842 Messmer Road
Political division: Verona Precinct (Boone County, Ky.)
Related resource: National Register documentation [PDF]; Hudson family; Ransom family
Latitude: 39.02565725
Longitude: -84.76755382
Target coordinates: 693251.828 m; 4321995.100 m
Bibliographic citation: Survey of Historic Sites, page 81
Source: Boone County GIS; Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory; National Register of Historic Places Database; National Archives Catalog; Survey of Historic Sites in Kentucky: Boone County

Item sets: Historic Sites--Kentucky--Boone County--Verona Precinct; Historic Sites--National Register--Kentucky--Boone County

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