Gower House Explained

Gower House
Coordinates:37.1431°N -88.4056°W
Built:1780
Architecture:Georgian, Federal
Added:May 24, 1973
Refnum:73000815

The Gower House, located on Water St. in Smithland, Kentucky, was built in about 1780. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

It was built as an inn for travelers, on the south bank of the confluence of the Cumberland and Ohio rivers. It is built of 16inches thick brick walls.[1]

Author Ned Buntline, who wrote about Buffalo Bill Cody and other Western stories, lived in the inn in 1845.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=73000815}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Gower House ]. National Park Service. February 27, 2018. With .