The Fryer House is located in

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. This historic two-story stone house was built by

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Walter Fryer in 1811. Abraham Vastine, a housebuilder, built this house of limestone from an adjacent quarry, and it has walls two feet thick. The roof truss system is built of wood framing held together with wooden pegs. The home was not completed until 1813. It is a two-story three-bay stone hall and parlor plan house, with one-story frame additions on the east and north. The home was listed on the

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in 1976. With . The Pendleton County Historical Society announced in April 2007 that it had leased the home for 99 years as a

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and Society offices. The building had been vacant for seven years.Kentucky Post, Wed. April 25, 2007, Page 5A

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The Fryer HomePendleton County Historical Society
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Houses in Pendleton County, Kentucky Houses completed in 1813 National Register of Historic Places in Pendleton County, Kentucky 1813 establishments in Kentucky Stone houses in Kentucky Hall and parlor houses {{Kentucky-struct-stub