Wendover (Hyden, Kentucky)

Wendover
Nearest city Hyden, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°7′39″N 83°21′55″W / 37.12750°N 83.36528°W / 37.12750; -83.36528Coordinates: 37°7′39″N 83°21′55″W / 37.12750°N 83.36528°W / 37.12750; -83.36528
Built 1925
Architect Mary Breckinridge
NRHP reference # 75000792
Added to NRHP October 21, 1975[1]

Wendover, also known as Frontier Nursing Service or Big House, near Hyden, Kentucky, is notable for its association with the American effort to professionalize midwifery, led by Mary Breckinridge. It was headquarters of the Frontier Nursing Service, an organization which continues today. Wendover has been named a U.S. National Historic Landmark.[2]

Wendover is a two-and-a-half-story log building on a south-facing hillside, overlooking the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, on a small road off U.S. Route 421, about two miles south of the small town of Hyden, Kentucky.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Page Putnam Miller (October 18, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wendover / Big House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 9, 2017. with four photos from 1990


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