The James Thompson House in

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, was built in about 1894. The house's architecture is eclectic, with elements of Shingle Style and Queen Anne style, and by tradition it has been believed to have been designed by E.T. Hutchings. with It is a wood-frame house on a limestone foundation, with a modified

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. Its front is asymmetrical and it has a porch around three sides of the house. It was listed on the

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in 1980.

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19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Houses completed in 1894 Houses in Jefferson County, Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Kentucky 1894 establishments in Kentucky Anchorage, Kentucky {{Louisville-struct-stub