Benjamin F. Turley House

Historic house in Kentucky, United States

United States historic place


Benjamin F. Turley House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

House in 2013. Arched, enclosed porch is obscured on left side.
38°41′56″N 84°54′43″W / 38.69889°N 84.91194°W / 38.69889; -84.91194
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1865
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	79000989^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 7, 1979

The Benjamin F. Turley House, near Sparta, Kentucky, is a Gothic Revival-style house built in 1865. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing site.^[1]

The house is a two-story brick Gothic Revival building built in 1865, on a fieldstone foundation. It was extended by a one-story addition in 1938. It has a distinctive enclosed porch with three Romanesque style arched openings.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ William G. Johnson, Sr. (September 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Benjamin F. Turley House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 4, 2018. With six photos from 1978.