Ramsey House (Southville, Kentucky) Explained

Ramsey House
Coordinates:38.1128°N -85.2397°W
Built:c.1840, c.1880
Architecture:Antebellum Vernacular
Added:December 27, 1988
Mpsub:Shelby County MRA
Refnum:88002934

The Ramsey House in Shelby County, Kentucky was built around 1840 and was expanded around 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

It was deemed significant as "a well-preserved example of the early 19th century (1810-1840) 1 3/4-story, hall-parlor (two- room) plan in Shelby County."

Slave quarters with brick chimneys, no longer surviving, were located east of the house.[1]

It is located on Kentucky Route 148, about 1.5miles west of Kentucky Route 44.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88002934}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ramsey House ]. National Park Service. C. Worsham . March 1986 . March 6, 2019. With