National Register of Historic Places

Airy Mount

Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky
Listed
November 15, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
78001417

About this property

Airy Mount, near Versailles, Kentucky, is a historic Georgian house dating from c. 1796. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is notable for its mural painted by French immigrant "Alfred Cohen, who left Marseille, France, with two brothers in the 1820s and settled in Midway, in the northeast corner of Woodford County. The three houses concerned are the only ones known anywhere to have been painted with murals by Cohen, a primitive artist who had little, if any, formal training. Although these landscape scenes show disregard for correct scale and perspective, they possess charm through the artist's lack of inhibitions." It is a "substantial residence, built in several stages, .. located one mile north of McCowan's Ferry Road in rural Woodford County. Appropriately named, the house is situated on the summit of a low, wide rise, and has a commanding view of the gently rolling landscape in all directions. The earliest portion, constructed c. 1796, includes the western three bays of the The other two houses with Cohen murals are Wyndehurst and Pleasant Lawn, both also NRHP-listed.

Location

Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky
38.02741, -84.77442

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Sources

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When was Airy Mount listed on the National Register?

Airy Mount was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1978.

What type of historic resource is Airy Mount?

Airy Mount is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Airy Mount?

The period of significance for Airy Mount is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1796.

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