JJ Nesbitt House - Kentucky: Heritage Council

United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012)
Nesbitt, J.J., House
Name of Property
Bath County, Kentucky
County and State
1 17 257 429 4225 409 3
Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing
2 4
Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing
Verbal Boundary Description
“Being and lying on the South side of West Main Street and beginning at a point in the center of West Main Street directly
in line with the West boundary of the Alley known as Shady Line; thence running in a straight Southerly direction 205 feet
along the line of Shady Lane to the Northeasterly corner of the Virginia Peed property line; thence running in a straight
Westerly direction 75 feet along the Virginia Peed line to the Southeast corner of the Mrs. Ewell Shrout line to a point in
the center of West Main Street; thence in a straight line along the center of West Main Street; thence in a straight line
along the center of West Main Street 75 feet to the point of beginning and known as 233 West Main Street.”
Boundary Justification
The property proposed for inclusion on the National Register by the current nomination includes the .35 acre parcel
associated with the J.J. Nesbitt House. This nominated property retains the historic dwelling constructed by J.J. Nesbitt in
the Italianate style with later Revival modifications. The proposed boundaries provide an appropriate setting for
understanding the significance of the design and construction of this house to the history of architecture of Bath County
within both periods of significance. The boundary includes the domestic yard and maintains the historic setting in which
the house was constructed.
11. Form Prepared By
name/title Janie-Rice Brother, Senior Architectural Historian
organization Kentucky Archaeological Survey
date
street & number 1020A Export Street telephone 859-257-1944
city or town Lexington state KY zip code 40506-9854
e-mail janie-rice.brother@uky.edy
Additional Documentation
• Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
• Additional items: Figures that consist in images of floor plans, comparative houses, and Sanborn Map plans.
Photographs:
Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels per inch)
or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map.
Name of Property:
J.J. Nesbitt House
City or Vicinity: Owingsville
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