Larue-Layman House Explained

Larue-Layman House
Coordinates:37.6953°N -85.8579°W
Location:115 W. Poplar Street, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States
Built:1831
Architecture:Italianate
Added:1988
Refnum:88001794

The Larue-Layman House is a two-story brick house in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The house was originally built in 1831 as a small brick home for Jacob Warren LaRue, a member of a local pioneer family and the husband of Eliza Helm, who was the sister of Governor John LaRue Helm.[1] Extensive remodeling was performed for George M. Cresap, the brick on the west and south facades and little else remain from the 1831 section.[2] The 1860s remodeling produced an asymmetrical Italianate design. A one-story porch with Doric columns replaced the original on the main (south) facade, a one-story addition was added to the north facade .

The house is notable example of the Italianate residences built in Elisabethtown in the 19th century.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic Driving Tour of Elizabethtown. Elizabethtown Turism & Convention Bureau. 2014-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20131127082632/http://www.touretown.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Q-YHQvOllHw%3D&tabid=65. 2013-11-27. dead.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88001794}} Historic Resources of Hardin County, Larue-Layman House ]. 2015-01-14. PDF. National Park Service. August 26, 1988.