Benjamin Martin House

1812 establishments in KentuckyFederal architecture in KentuckyHouses completed in 1812Houses in Barren County, KentuckyHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky ... and 3 more

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The Benjamin Martin House near Finney, Kentucky was built in 1812 by Benjamin Martin Sr., who lived from 1758 to 1838, and came to Kentucky from Virginia in 1784. It is one of few Federal-style brick houses surviving from its era in Barren County, Kentucky. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Benjamin Martin House
Berry Store Road,

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Berry Store Road 1616
42141
Kentucky, United States
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