The Barlow Baxter House is a

prow house The bow () is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern. Prow may be used as a synonym for bow or it may mean the forward-most part of ...

-style house in Hestand, Kentucky which was built in 1904. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2001. Its 2001 NRHP nomination describes it:

The Barlow Baxter House was built ca. 1904, and is a two-story frame dwelling built in a "prow house" type. The house has very simplified Queen Anne-style detailing in its milled porch columns and railing which extends around three facades of the projecting wing. The house has a gable roof of original metal standing seam, interior brick chimneys, a concrete block and poured concrete foundation, and exterior of weatherboard siding. On the main (W), south, and east facades is a two-story wraparound porch. The porch has a concrete floor, original chamfered wood columns, cut out eave brackets, and an original milled railing with square balusters. With .

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Prow houses Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Houses completed in 1904 National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Kentucky 1904 establishments in Kentucky Queen Anne architecture in Kentucky {{MonroeCountyKY-NRHP-stub