Lewis County History
Old Houses

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An old frame home (perhaps log) somewhere near Burtonville which is believed to be the old home place of General Thomas Marshall who was murdered there in 1853. 

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"Federal Hill", built in 1800, the old home place of Col. Thomas Marshall  (Photo by William Florence)

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The unrestored home place of Basil and Charlotte Marshall Duke, built in the 1790s. (Photo by William Florence)

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The Judge Halbert house as it appears today (Photo by William Florence).

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The main part of the Dickerson house at Carrs appears to be about the same as it was when it was built. Originally there were four large rooms upstairs and four downstairs, each room originally having its own large fireplace.

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Although the metal part of the fireplaces seems to be the original, it appears that the fireplaces were renovated some time in the era of the 1920s or 1930s. If the Dickerson house is 159 years old, as we speculate, there are probably several renovations that have taken place in that time and are not noticeable now.

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A set of solid wood doors that separate the east living room from its complement room beside it, at the Dickerson house.

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The free-standing stairwell in the hallway at the Dickerson house is in excellent condition and is still very sturdy. The inside walls are solid brick structure, which is rare these days.

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The childhood home of Jim Burroway's great-grandmother, Easter Nash Beekman, in Nashtown. Her parents were John Louis Nash of Cabin Creek (Cottageville) and Margaret Ann Crawford of Petersville. There is still a house standing there which looks a lot like the one in this photo.

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This log house on Scotts Branch was built in the 1850s. Mrs. Stinson (nee Roe) says she was born there in 1911 and her grandmother in 1857.

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Remnants of an old homestead standing in the Charters area. (Photo by William Forence)

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The Alva Hendrickson house built in 1888 still stands on Route 57 about seven miles north of Tollesboro.

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The Dunbar House, in Doyle's Bottom below Concord, was built in 1846. Now owned by Wm. Thomas and Deborah Kay Goodwin, it passed through the hands of many people, among them: the Forman family, Jackson Norris, George E. Dunbar and Helen Haines Lee. (Photo by Bill Florence)

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This old well pump at the Dunbar House was once a familiar sight at every farmhouse.  (Photo by Bill Florence)

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The Kinniconick Hotel has been a landmark on the terraced hillside above the creek since the mid-1800s. Sam and Marge McEldowney, several years ago, renovated it and developed a beautiful, serene place to visit and relax. (Photo by Bill Florence)

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The Barkley home place on Cabin Creek near Ebenezer Church. (William Florence)

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The old stone spring house in the front yard of the Barkley home place. (William Florence)

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Signature of Robert Luros Ma------, April, 1940. One of many old signatureson the wall of the spring house at the Barkley home place. (William Florence)

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The huge sycamore tree which grew from a switch punched into the ground at the Barkley home place. (William Florence)

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The Eston Jones home built in 1875 diagonally across the road from the Cabin Creek bridge. (William Florence)

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Folk art cut-outs adorn the barn of the late Noah and Charlie Kinney on Toller Branch near Esculapia. (Photo by Bill Florence)

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The McElhaney homeplace in St. Paul, site of the McElhaney Lyceum. (October 24, 2000, Jim Shelton)

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The Jacob W. Rand home as it appeared in 1905 in the Souvenir Edition of the Vanceburg Sun. The house burned down about 25 years ago.

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