Draft:James E. Slaton House

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Draft:James E. Slaton House

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{{Short description|Historic house in Hopkins County, Kentucky, US}}
{{Short description|Historic house in Hopkins County, Kentucky, US}}
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== History ==
== History ==
The James E. Slaton House was built between 1860 and 1864, by James E. Slaton, a local farmer. Their farm was worked by four to five enslaved people prior to the [[American Civil War]].{{Cite web |title=James E. Slaton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer) |url=https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214327 |website=Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition}} It is located at the end of [[List of Kentucky supplemental roads and rural secondary highways (1000–1499)#KY 1221|KY 1221]], which "dead ends right in front of the house".{{cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123846948 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James E. Slaton House / HK-63 |publisher=[[NARA]]|author=Thomason |date=July 28, 1988 |access-date=August 23, 2022|first=Philip}} Includes six photos from 1988. It's on a hill overlooking small tributaries of the [[Pond River]] in a rural area of the county where [[strip mining]] took place.
The James E. Slaton House was built between {{Circa|1860|1864}}, by a local farmer named James E. Slaton (1825–1916). Their farm was worked by four to five enslaved Black people, prior to the [[American Civil War]].{{Cite web |title=James E. Slaton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer) |url=https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214327 |website=Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition}} It is located at the end of [[List of Kentucky supplemental roads and rural secondary highways (1000–1499)#KY 1221|KY 1221]], which "dead ends right in front of the house".{{cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123846948 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James E. Slaton House / HK-63 |publisher=[[NARA]]|author=Thomason |date=July 28, 1988 |access-date=August 23, 2022|first=Philip}} Includes six photos from 1988. It's on a hill overlooking small tributaries of the [[Pond River]] in a rural area of the county where [[strip mining]] took place.


The house is influenced by [[Greek Revival style]] and is a two-story, [[Central-passage house|central-passage]] [[I-house]], with a one-story "L" extension. Besides the main house, the listing includes three buildings deemed [[Contributing property|non-contributing]] to the historical character of the place.
The house is influenced by [[Greek Revival style]] and is a two-story, [[Central-passage house|central-passage]] [[I-house]], with a one-story "L" extension. Besides the main house, the listing includes three buildings deemed [[Contributing property|non-contributing]] to the historical character of the place.
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