Anatok (Bardstown, Kentucky)

Anatok is a historic mansion in central Bardstown, Kentucky. The two-story, double-pile, brick Greek Revival home was built in 1847 for Charles Hayden. The home has a limestone foundation, four brick interior end chimneys, and a standing seam hipped roof. In 1900 a one-story Colonial Revival wraparound porch, supported by Ionic columns, and a pedimented dormer were added. The home was named Anatok in the 1890's by then owner James L. Druien.^[1]

Daniel Rudd

It was once home to Daniel Rudd, a prominent African-American Catholic journalist, was born into slavery on the plantation in 1854. In 1889, Daniel Rudd called together the first National Black Catholic Congress which was held at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.^[2]

National Register of Historic Places

The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, NEB-107.

References

↑ Hibbs, Dixie (1998–2009). Bardstown. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-8991-6.
↑ Agee, Gary B. (2011-12-01). A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854–1933. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-61075-491-0.

Bardstown by Dixie Hibbs pages 58-60

A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism 1854–1933

The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia

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[1] Hibbs, Dixie (1998–2009). Bardstown. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-8991-6.

[2] Agee, Gary B. (2011-12-01). A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854–1933. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-61075-491-0.