1113 Main St Shelbyville, Kentucky USA

1113 Main St

Construction date: ca. 1840-1849

Style:

Central passage, Federal, Georgian

 

Status of Historic Designation:

Designated at National level : 1985 Shelbyville West National Register District
Designated at Local level : Shelbyville Historic District

Area(s) of Significance:

Architecture

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility:

Individually eligible
Potentially eligible as a contributing resource

Architectural Description:

This is a 2-story, 5-bay domestic building in the Federal style with Georgian influences built in the period 1840-1849. The building is square in plan. The structural system is masonry. The foundation is stone. Exterior walls are original brick. The building has a low hip roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles with flush eaves. The house has interior brick chimneys at the front gable ends and a third interior brick chimney at the rear. Windows are replacement wood, 6/6 double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, three-bay portico characterized by a hip roof clad in asphalt shingles with square wood posts. The porch has a center gabled peak and is capped by a wooden baluster.

Description generated by RuskinARC.