John Bell House in
Lexington, Kentucky
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, also known as Stonehigh or John Webb House was built in c. 1810 by John Bell. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1983.
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It is a two-story stone house built c.1810 with a one-story stone ell built at the same time. It also has a one-story brick ell built c.1840 to serve as a kitchen. In 1982 was in excellent condition. It was then in a picturesque rural setting but is now within Lexington.][ with ]
The property includes a brick smokehouse
A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke
Smoke is a suspension of airborne particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with t ...
, a two-story spring house and granary, and more.[
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References
National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Kentucky
Federal architecture in Kentucky
Houses completed in 1810
Houses in Lexington, Kentucky
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
1810 establishments in Kentucky
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