National Register of Historic Places

Pearce-Wheeler Farm

Canmer, Hart County, Kentucky
Listed
November 25, 2005
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
05001317

About this property

The Pearce-Wheeler Farm, near Canmer in Hart County, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The listing included four contributing buildings and a contributing site. It includes a main house (c.1847), a smokehouse (c.1847), a livestock barn (c.1847), a large mule barn (c.1903), and a "small building, now in ruins, said to have once been a slave house. The former slave house originally was located just behind the main house, then moved closer to the barns and converted to use as a harness shop during the Wheeler ownership."

Location

640 Sims Cemetery Rd.
Canmer, Hart County, Kentucky
37.31352, -85.71688

Categories

AGRICULTURE
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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 Pearce-Wheeler Farm listed on the National Register?

Pearce-Wheeler Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Pearce-Wheeler Farm?

Pearce-Wheeler Farm is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Pearce-Wheeler Farm?

The period of significance for Pearce-Wheeler Farm is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1847.

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