Erasmus Riggs House

Erasmus Riggs House
Erasmus Riggs House
Location in Kentucky
Erasmus Riggs House
Location in United States
Location Off Kentucky Route 13, near Carlisle, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°15′55″N 84°03′14″W / 38.26528°N 84.05389°W / 38.26528; -84.05389 (Erasmus Riggs House)Coordinates: 38°15′55″N 84°03′14″W / 38.26528°N 84.05389°W / 38.26528; -84.05389 (Erasmus Riggs House)
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1820
Built by Metcalf, Thomas
Architectural style Federal
MPS Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR
NRHP reference # 83002839[1]
Added to NRHP June 23, 1983

The Erasmus Riggs House, near Carlisle, Kentucky, is a stone house built in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

It is a one-and-a-half-story dry stone hall-parlor plan house. It includes elements of Federal style, and is notable especially as a work of Thomas Metcalf (stonemason and later governor of Kentucky).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. C.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventor: Erasmus Riggs House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1973 and 1982
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