The McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters, near

Wurtland, Kentucky Wurtland is a home rule-class city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 995 at the 2010 census. Wurtland is a part of the Huntington- Ashland, WV- KY- OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As ...

, United States, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1975. The listing included three

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and a contributing site on . It is located west of Wurtland on

U.S. Route 23 } U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since ...

. It has also been known as Harris House. It is located on an inlet from the

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. The listing includes a one-and-a-half-story brick building which originally served as a law office for John McConnell and later as a schoolhouse. With

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National Register of Historic Places in Greenup County, Kentucky Georgian architecture in Kentucky Federal architecture in Kentucky School buildings completed in 1833 Commercial buildings completed in 1833 1833 establishments in Kentucky Slave cabins and quarters in the United States African-American history of Kentucky Legal history of Kentucky Law offices {{GreenupCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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