Allen County Historical Buildings

 

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Creation Date

12-16-1982

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Carpenter House. This house is located on Walnut Hill Road, just N of Holland, KY. It was built around 1850, during the Victorian era. The owner of the house laid out tobacco stalks to explain the desired shape to the builder, Tom Hughes. The cave located on this property was mined for salt peter during the Civil War to make gunpowder.

MSS 203 B2 F4 #225

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Keywords

Allen County, Kentucky, Victorian era, Tom Hughes, gunpowder, Civil War

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