The Jacob Hunter House near

New Liberty, Kentucky New Liberty is an unincorporated community in northern Owen County, Kentucky, United States. Kentucky Routes 36 and 227 run through the community. Despite being unincorporated, it has a post office with a ZIP Code of 40355. The Jacob Hunter ...

is a historic

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vernacular-style house built in 1818. It was listed on the

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in 1987. It was built by Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Hunter, whose grandson was Lafayette Hunter. The site preserves the ruins of an early stone house, the only such site in

Owen County, Kentucky Owen County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Owenton. The county is named for Colonel Abraham Owen. It is a prohibition or dry county, with the exception of a winery that is authorized ...

and the only one-bay stone house in the state. In 1984 it was noted to be a "good historic archaeologic site; unchanged except by nature." With .

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Federal architecture in Kentucky Houses completed in 1818 National Register of Historic Places in Owen County, Kentucky 1818 establishments in Kentucky Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky {{OwenCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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