List of buildings constructed by Thomas Metcalfe information
The following lists the buildings constructed by Thomas Metcalfe, governor of Kentucky, including many that survive are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
Thomas Metcalfe (1780–1855) (sometimes spelled "Metcalf") was one of the most prominent stonemasons and building contractors during the settlement period of Kentucky. Among his notable constructions are the Old Courthouse in Greensburg, Kentucky, which is the oldest courthouse west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the first Kentucky Governor's Mansion.
Metcalfe later entered politics, representing the Kentucky in both houses of the United States Congress. He was also elected the state's tenth governor, inhabiting the executive mansion he helped build. Throughout his political career, he retained the nickname "Stonehammer" Metcalfe, an allusion to his earlier trade of which he remained very proud.
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Name
Image
Built and other dates
Address
Notes
Joel Frazer House
1810 built
Off KY 982 near Cynthiana, Kentucky 38°22′14″N84°17′29″W / 38.37045°N 84.29139°W / 38.37045; -84.29139 (Joel Frazer House)
A three-bay stone building, one-and-a-half stories tall, located on the bank of the South Fork of the Licking River.[3]
Ephram Harrod House
Off U.S. 460 in Bourbon County near North Middletown, Kentucky 38°10′17″N84°07′23″W / 38.171389°N 84.123056°W / 38.171389; -84.123056 (Ephram Harrod House)
"Unsurpassed in Ky. for the historic and architectural value because of the workmanship and original condition"[4]
James Lindsay–William Trotter House
c.1800 built
US 62, Scott County, Kentucky near Georgetown, Kentucky 38°08′15″N84°37′43″W / 38.13750°N 84.62870°W / 38.13750; -84.62870 (James Lindsay–William Trotter House)
McKee-Vimont Row Houses
1809 built
Main Street in Millersburg, Kentucky 38°17′57″N84°09′01″W / 38.29911°N 84.15023°W / 38.29911; -84.15023 (McKee-Vimont Row Houses)
Two side-by-side stone houses, believed to have been built by Thomas Metcalfe or his older brother John, with finely dressed native limestone. The larger house, on the left, was built in 1809 and has "one of only two exterior arched wooden doorframes found in Kentucky on stone houses".[5]
Thomas Metcalf House
c. 1810 built
Willie Curtis Rd. and Cedar Creek Rd., Robertson County 38°29′49″N84°5′38″W / 38.49694°N 84.09389°W / 38.49694; -84.09389 (Thomas Metcalf House)
Constructed by Metcalfe for his family after his marriage in 1806[6]
Davis Newman House
1795 built
W of Spears in Spears, Kentucky
Old Governor's Mansion
1797 built
420 High Street in Frankfort, Kentucky 38°11′58″N84°52′25″W / 38.19940°N 84.87368°W / 38.19940; -84.87368 (Old Governor's Mansion)
Kentucky's first governor's mansion; Metcalfe lived here during his gubernatorial term from 1828 to 1832[7]
Poague House
Parker Lane near Mays Lick, Kentucky 38°31′39″N83°49′09″W / 38.52747°N 83.81911°W / 38.52747; -83.81911 (Poague House)
Erasmus Riggs House
1820 built
Off KY 13 near Carlisle, Kentucky
Jacob Spears House
1810 built
SR 1876 in Shawhan, Kentucky
West Union Presbyterian Church
1810 built
108 South 2nd Street in West Union, Ohio 38°47′36″N83°32′38″W / 38.79328°N 83.54376°W / 38.79328; -83.54376 (West Union Presbyterian Church)
Metcalfe's estate, which he helped build in 1795, and where he lived in later life and is buried.
In addition to the structures above, some structures locally attributed to Metcalfe may have been works of his half-brother, John Metcalf III.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^Carolyn Murray Wooley (February 1983). "Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR". National Park Service.
^Carolyn Murray-Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Joel Fraizer House". National Park Service. and Accompanying five exterior photos from 1982
^C.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Ephram Harrod House". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
^Mrs. Wade H. Whitley (February 25, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McKee-Vimont Row Houses / Althorpe; Old Bank Building; Vimont House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 25, 2022. With accompanying 16 photos.
^Carolyn Murray-Wooley (May 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Thomas Metcalf House". National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos from 1984
^Charles E. Parrish (April 20, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Old Governor's Mansion". and Accompanying four photos from 1969-1970
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