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Buck-Mercer House

Coordinates: 37°14′02″N 84°35′04″W / 37.23389°N 84.58444°W / 37.23389; -84.58444 (Buck-Mercer House)
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Buck-Mercer House
Buck-Mercer House is located in Kentucky
Buck-Mercer House
Buck-Mercer House is located in the United States
Buck-Mercer House
Nearest citySomerset, Kentucky
Coordinates37°14′02″N 84°35′04″W / 37.23389°N 84.58444°W / 37.23389; -84.58444 (Buck-Mercer House)
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Builtc.1810, 1858
Architectural styleDouble pen dog trot
MPSPulaski County MRA
NRHP reference No.84001941[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1984

The Buck-Mercer House, on Waynesburg Road in Pulaski County, Kentucky near Somerset, was built as a single pen log house around 1810.[1]

The south pen was built with half-dovetail notching and included a limestone chimney. A second, north pen with a dog trot between was added in 1858. It is the only double pen dogtrot house surviving in the county.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Carolyn Torma; Camille Wells (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski County Multiple Resource Area Continuation: Buck-Mercer House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1983-84
  3. ^ Carolyn Torma; Camille Wells (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski County Multiple Resource Area". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2018.