Benjamin Martin House Explained

Benjamin Martin House
Coordinates:36.9289°N -86.1261°W
Built:1812
Builder:Benjamin Martin, Sr.
Architecture:Federal
Added:May 20, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Barren County MRA
Refnum:83002535

The Benjamin Martin House near Finney, Kentucky was built in 1812 by Benjamin Martin Sr., who lived from 1758 to 1838, and came to Kentucky from Virginia in 1784.

It is one of few Federal-style brick houses surviving from its era in Barren County, Kentucky.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83002535}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Benjamin Martin House ]. National Park Service. Jayne C. Henderson . Fall 1981 . February 26, 2018. With .