Poague House
National Register of Historic Places

Poague House

Mays Lick, Mason County, Kentucky
Listed
January 8, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
87000210

About this property

The Poague House is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, hall-parlor, dry-stone house built in the first half of the 19th century by future Kentucky Governor, Thomas Metcalfe for William Poague. The ashlar stone construction is of upper Ordovician fossiliferous limestone. Window frames are pegged with ovolo trim, nosed sills, and 9-11 voussoirs with key the same height. There is a dentilled cornice. Trim throughout the house is Federal except the hall in which a Greek Revival mantel was added. The doors are six panel with beaded diagonal battens on the inside. There is an enclosed corner stair with an atypical plaster lining. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is located in Mason County, Kentucky, on the southeast side of Parker Lane, above Lees Creek, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km)

Location

Mays Lick, Mason County, Kentucky
38.52485, -83.81778

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Nearby Historic Sites

Stone Barn on Lee's Creek
Industrial
0.8 mi
Mays Lick Consolidated School
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1 mi
May's Lick Negro School
Civil War
1.2 mi
Springhouse in Mays Lick
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1.3 mi
Spring House at Flat Fork
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2 mi

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When was Poague House listed on the National Register?

Poague House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Poague House?

Poague House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Poague House is recorded as the early_republic era.

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