Beechland, near Taylorsville, Kentucky, was built in 1804. It was built by Jacob Yoder and has also been known as Jacob Yoder House. The listing included four contributing buildings.
Beechland | |
Location | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Taylorsville, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°03′39″N 85°20′23″W / 38.06083°N 85.33972°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1804 |
Built by | Jacob Yoder |
NRHP reference No. | 76000945[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 7, 1976 |
Jacob Yoder was a Revolutionary War soldier and innovative merchant-trader, was "the first entrepreneur to take a load of goods down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers on a flat boat from Pennsylvania to New Orleans."[2]
See also
edit- Beechland (Jeffersontown, Kentucky), built in 1812 and also NRHP-listed
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Walter L. Langsam; Mary Cronan (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beechland/Vaucluse / Jacob Yoder House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 8, 2018. With accompanying 10 photos from 1976, and map