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David McKenzie Log Cabin

Coordinates: 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222
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David McKenzie Log Cabin
David McKenzie Log Cabin is located in Kentucky
David McKenzie Log Cabin
David McKenzie Log Cabin is located in the United States
David McKenzie Log Cabin
LocationStaffordsville, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222
Builtca. 1860–1865
ArchitectDavid McKenzie
NRHP reference No.82002728
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 1982

The David McKenzie Log Cabin is a historic house located within the Mountain Homeplace in Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States.[1] The cabin was built between 1860 and 1865 by David McKenzie, who was an early settler of Johnson County.[2] It was originally located at 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222, in Volga but was moved to the Mountain Homeplace in the early 1990s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1982.[4]

The cabin is a double-pen, 1+12-story cabin measuring approximately 34.6 by 30.4 feet (10.5 by 9.3 m). It is not known if the structure was originally a double-pen structure as it is today or whether the eastern pen, constructed of poplar, was built first followed by the addition of the western pen, which is of yellow pine.[2] The walls are built of hewn logs with dovetail notching. The cabin rests on sandstone piers and contains a central fireplace, which is also made of sandstone.[2]

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  1. ^ Paintsville Tourism-Mountain Homeplace Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2010-2-28
  2. ^ a b c Lady, Lynn., National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for David McKenzie Log Cabin 12 July 1982. Retrieved on 2010-2-28
  3. ^ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Recnotes (August 1995) Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2010-2-28
  4. ^ National Register of Historic Places Retrieved on 2010-2-28