Erasmus Riggs House
Appearance
Erasmus Riggs House | |
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Location in Kentucky Location in United States | |
Location | Off Kentucky Route 13, near Carlisle, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°15′55″N 84°03′14″W / 38.26528°N 84.05389°W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1820 |
Built by | Metcalf, Thomas |
Architectural style | Federal |
MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR |
NRHP reference No. | 83002839[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 23, 1983 |
The Erasmus Riggs House, near Carlisle, Kentucky, is a stone house built in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
It is a one-and-a-half-story dry stone hall-parlor plan house. It includes elements of Federal style, and is notable especially as a work of Thomas Metcalf (stonemason and later governor of Kentucky).[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ C.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventor: Erasmus Riggs House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1973 and 1982