Timberhouse is a historic

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located at

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. It was built about 1858 by Jacob Kibler, and is a two-story, weatherboarded

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style dwelling. It features double-tiered full-width porches supported by six square wood pillars and exterior end chimneys. It was listed on the

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in 1980. Kibler, who built the residence, owned 68 slaves in 1850, eight years before Timberhouse was constructed.

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