Benjamin Helm House Explained

Benjamin Helm House
Coordinates:37.6939°N -85.8635°W
Location:238 Helm Avenue, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States
Built:1816
Added:1988
Refnum:88001801

The Benjamin Helm House is a two-story brick house in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, that was built in 1816 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is significant as the home of Benjamin Helm, an early settler of Elizabethtown. He made the first survey of the town and later became a wealthy local businessman, dying in 1858.[1] He was the uncle of Governor John L. Helm, and great uncle of Confederate general Benjamin Hardin Helm.[2]

The house was originally built in the Federal style. Two wings were removed and several additions added such that the house itself is no longer architecturally significant.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88001801}} Historic Resources of Hardin County: Benjamin Helm House]. 2015-02-13. PDF. National Park Service. c. 1988.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76000895}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Helm Place]. 2015-02-13. Mrs. Wilbur Terry. Mrs. Edmund S. Richerson. PDF. National Park Service. c. 1976.