Erasmus Riggs House
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  Erasmus Riggs House Location in Kentucky  Erasmus Riggs House Location in United States | |
| Location | Off Kentucky Route 13, near Carlisle, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°15′55″N 84°03′14″W / 38.26528°N 84.05389°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1820 |
| Built by | Metcalf, Thomas |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Central Kentucky TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002839[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 23, 1983 |
The Erasmus Riggs House, near Carlisle, Kentucky, is a stone house built in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
It is a one-and-a-half-story dry stone hall-parlor plan house. It includes elements of Federal style, and is notable especially as a work of Thomas Metcalf (stonemason and later governor of Kentucky).[2]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ C.M. Wooley (1982). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventor: Erasmus Riggs House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1973 and 1982
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- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Federal architecture in Kentucky
- Houses completed in 1820
- National Register of Historic Places in Nicholas County, Kentucky
- Thomas Metcalfe buildings
- Stone houses in Kentucky
- 1820 establishments in Kentucky
- Hall-parlor plan architecture in the United States
- Houses in Nicholas County, Kentucky
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs