The Bayne House, at 37 Main St. in Shelbyville, Kentucky, was built in 1915 in Classical Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a

central passage plan The central-passage house, also known variously as central hall plan house, center-hall house, hall-passage-parlor house, Williamsburg cottage, and Tidewater-type cottage, was a vernacular, or folk form, house type from the colonial period onward ...

house with a curved two-story

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

. Its hallway has dado panelling and an open, square stairwell with elaborate

balusters A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its cons ...

. Its hall and two front rooms have cove cornices. Mary Bayne, who lived there, wrote '' Crestlands'' about the founding of the Christian Church. With It has also been termed The Coachstop. It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville. MRA included designation of 3 new districts and 8 individual properties. PDF includes Kentucky Historic Resources Inventories, maps, correspondence.

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