The John McGee House, near Cornishville, Kentucky, United States, was built around 1790. It was listed on the

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in 1983. It is a two-story hall parlor plan dry stone house with two bays on its second floor and three bays on its first. It was built by

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soldier John McGee (b. 1730) who moved to Kentucky in 1775. He owned . It is a "good example" of an "early stone house". A one-story

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was added around 1825. It includes some element of

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style. A second contributing building is a "dairy", which is a root cellar with a granary above. With

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National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, Kentucky Federal architecture in Kentucky Houses completed in 1790 1790 establishments in Virginia Houses in Mercer County, Kentucky Hall-parlor plan architecture in the United States Stone houses in Kentucky Pre-statehood history of Kentucky {{MercerCountyKY-NRHP-stub