The Hindman Ben Franklin is a historic commercial building in

Hindman, Kentucky Hindman ()Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''p. 141. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 30 July 2013. is a home rule-class town in, and the county seat of, Knott County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population w ...

, which formerly held a

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five-and-dime-type store. It was listed on the

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in 2007. It is a "distinctive" building constructed of

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in 1913–14, originally to hold the Francis Smith and Company Department Store. It is also a

contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

in the Hindman Historic District, which was listed on the National Register in 2013. With 15 photos from 2012. By 2012 the building had been rehabilitated and was hosting the offices, gallery, and cafe of the Appalachian Artisan Center.

References

External links

Appalachian Artisan Center website
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Commercial buildings completed in 1914 National Register of Historic Places in Knott County, Kentucky Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Kentucky Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places 1914 establishments in Kentucky Sandstone buildings in the United States Hindman, Kentucky {{KnottCountyKY-NRHP-stub