Anatok (Bardstown, Kentucky)
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Anatok | |
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Location | 309 W John Fitch Ave, Bardstown, Kentucky |
Coordinates | 37°48′30″N 85°28′18″W / 37.8082°N 85.4717°W |
Built | 1847 |
Built for | Charles T. Hayden |
Original use | plantation |
Current use | vacant (awaiting preservation or demolition) |
Owner | Bethlehem High School (Archdiocese of Louisville) |
Anatok is a historic mansion in central Bardstown, Kentucky. The two-story, double-pile, brick Greek Revival home was built in 1847 for Charles T. Hayden. The home has a limestone foundation, four brick interior end chimneys, and a standing seam hipped roof. In 1900 a one-story Colonial Revival wraparound porch, supported by Ionic columns, and a pedimented dormer were added. The home was named Anatok in the 1890s by then owner James L. Druien.[1]
Daniel Rudd
It was once home to Daniel Rudd, a prominent African-American Catholic journalist, was born into slavery on the plantation in 1854.[2] In 1889, Daniel Rudd called together the first National Black Catholic Congress which was held at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.[3]
References
- ^ Hibbs, Dixie (1998–2009). Bardstown. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 58–60. ISBN 978-0-7385-8991-6.
- ^ Gerald L. Smith; Karen Cotton McDaniel; John A. Hardin (9 September 2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-6067-2.
- ^ Agee, Gary B. (2011-12-01). A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854–1933. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-61075-491-0.