The William Hickman House located at 31 West Hickman Street, is a brick house in
Winchester
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, the
county seat
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of
Clark County,
Kentucky
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. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1982.
[
Its brick on the west facade is laid in ]Flemish bond
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; it is common bond elsewhere.[ With .]
Built by John Couchman in 1814, it was originally intended to be a tavern, but before he opened it, it was bought by local cabinet maker
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William Hickman. Six generations of Hickmans lived in the house, which remained a residence until it was bought by the Clark County Bank in 1982. In 1990 it was bought by Dykeman & Rosenthal, a law firm in Winchester.
References
Federal architecture in Kentucky
Houses completed in 1814
Houses in Clark County, Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Kentucky
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
1814 establishments in Kentucky
Winchester, Kentucky
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