The Marrowbone Historic District is a

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Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky Marrowbone is a census-designated place in Cumberland County, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 217. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 42759. The ...

which was listed on the

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in 1983. It included three

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. It includes the Marrowbone Presbyterian Church, the

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Hall, and the William Barton House (with a small

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behind). The church and probably also the Woodmen Hall were built by local contractor John Wesley Williams. With .

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Gothic Revival architecture in Kentucky Buildings and structures completed in 1865 National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, Kentucky 1865 establishments in Kentucky {{CumberlandCountyKY-NRHP-stub