Zachary Taylor House, 5608 Apache Road (formerly Blankenbaker Lane), Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY
Summary
Significance: One of the oldest residences in Jefferson County, Springfield served as the childhood home of Zachary Taylor. The twenty-three years spent by Taylor at Springfield were to be the longest he lived at any one place.
Survey number: HABS KY-69
Building/structure dates: 1794-1795 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1830- before. 1839 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000359
Tags
houses
smokehouses
log buildings
brick buildings
us presidents
outbuildings
gable roofs
metal roofing
shed roofs
standing seam metal roofs
modillions
two tiered porches
saint matthews ky
taylor
house
zachary taylor house
apache
apache road
blankenbaker
lane
blankenbaker lane
matthews
saint matthews
jefferson county
kentucky
zachary taylor
historic american buildings survey
george mccurdy
frederic l morgan
hancock taylor
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Taylor, Zachary
Taylor, Hancock
McCurdy, George
Morgan, Frederic L
Location
Saint Matthews (Ky.)
,
38.24357, -85.63578
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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