National Register of Historic Places

McKenzie, David, Log Cabin

Volga, Johnson County, Kentucky
Listed
August 25, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82002728

About this property

The David McKenzie Log Cabin is a historic house located within the Mountain Homeplace in Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States. The cabin was built between 1860 and 1865 by David McKenzie, who was an early settler of Johnson County. It was originally located at 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W, in Volga but was moved to the Mountain Homeplace in the early 1990s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1982. The cabin is a double-pen, 1+1⁄2-story cabin measuring approximately 34.6 by 30.4 feet (10.5 by 9.3 m). It is not known if the structure was originally a double-pen structure as it is today or whether the eastern pen, constructed of poplar, was built first followed by the addition of the western pen, which is of yellow pine. The walls are built of hewn logs with dovetail notching. The cabin rests on sandstone piers and contains a central fireplace, which is also made of sandstone.

Location

Volga, Johnson County, Kentucky
37.88242, -82.91199

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was McKenzie, David, Log Cabin listed on the National Register?

McKenzie, David, Log Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1982.

What type of historic resource is McKenzie, David, Log Cabin?

McKenzie, David, Log Cabin is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for McKenzie, David, Log Cabin is recorded as the industrial era.

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