Fryer House

The Fryer House is located in Butler, Kentucky. This historic two-story stone house was built by Pendleton County, Kentucky pioneer Walter Fryer in 1811. Abraham Vastine, a housebuilder, built this house of limestone from an adjacent quarry, and it has walls two feet thick. The roof truss system is built of wood framing held together with wooden pegs. The home was not completed until 1813.

Fryer House
LocationOn U.S. Route 27 northeast of Butler, Kentucky
Coordinates38.793859°N 84.352787°W / 38.793859; -84.352787
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1811-1813
NRHP reference No.76000938[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

It is a two-story three-bay stone hall and parlor plan house, with one-story frame additions on the east and north. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1][2]

The Pendleton County Historical Society announced in April 2007 that it had leased the home for 99 years as a museum and Society offices. The building had been vacant for seven years.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Walter E. Langsam; Gloria Mills (June 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fryer House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 27, 2018. With four photos from 1976, and map.
  3. Kentucky Post, Wed. April 25, 2007, Page 5A


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