John Hinkson House
John Hinkson House | |
  Location within Kentucky  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Off U.S. Route 27, near Shawhan, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°20′29″N 84°18′40″W / 38.34139°N 84.31111°W |
| Area | 2.6 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | c.1790 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002788[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 23, 1983 |
The John Hinkson House in Harrison County, Kentucky near Shawhan, dates from c.1790. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
The house is a three-bay two-story dry stone house hall-parlor plan house. It was built by John Hickson, a Revolutionary War soldier and famous early settler, who led the first group of white men up the Licking River to settle in this area.[2]
The listing included four contributing buildings and a contributing structure. It has also been known as the Old Ammerman Place.[2]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- 1 2 W.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: John Hinkson House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 9, 2018. With accompanying 10 pictures
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- National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Kentucky
- Federal architecture in Kentucky
- Houses completed in 1790
- Houses in Harrison County, Kentucky
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- Hall-parlor plan architecture in the United States
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