Ben Moran House, is a historical residence in Mason County, Kentucky, which was built in 1818. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987,[1] as part of a study of early stone houses in Kentucky.[2]
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| Nearest city | Moranburg, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°40′21″N 83°49′29″W / 38.672500°N 83.824722°W |
| Area | 29 acres (12 ha) |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000161[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 8, 1987 |
It is located on the north-east corner of the intersection of Kentucky Route 8 and 10, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Moranburg, a hamlet, in Mason County, named for the Moran family.[3][4]
It is a one and a half storey three-bay dry-stone house about 32 by 18 feet (9.8 m × 5.5 m) in plan, and is primarily Federal in style. It was in "good" condition in 1984.[3] Its roof was replaced by a higher one in the 1880s either to make more space or to follow the then-current Gothic Revival fashion.[3] The house had a rear ell which was damaged in a 1981 fire and was removed or replaced.[3]
It was asserted to be "unique for its very primitive off-center fenestration reflecting the plan. It is not as sophisticated as the similarly sized Streube House (BK-23) in neighboring Bracken County. This one and the McGee House (ME-178 N.R.) in Mercer County are the most non-symmetrical of the early stone houses in Kentucky. This house was enlarged by steepening the roof in the Gothic period, either to add space or because of a change in fashion."[3]
See also
edit- John McGee House, Cornishville
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR. NARA. Retrieved June 6, 2022. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ a b c d e Carolyn Murray-Wooley (April 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Ben Moran House". National Park Service. Retrieved June 9, 2022. With accompanying five photos from 1984
- ^ "Moranburg, Kentucky". KENTUCKY ATLAS & GAZETTEER.
Moranburg is a Mason county community on Lawrence Creek just northwest of Maysville. It was settled by the early nineteenth century and was originally known as Lawrence Creek. The Moranburg name comes from a local family. The name is sometimes spelled Moransburg. The Moranburgh post office opened in 1886, the spelling was changed to Moranburg in 1892, and it closed in 1907.
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