Two men stand in the side yard of a stone house apparently built in 1790 in Mercer County, Kentucky. The house has shuttered windows and a small front porch.
Born in 1790 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, George Robertson attended Transylvania University until 1806 and was admitted to the bar in 1809. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1821 and in Kentucky's legislature from 1822 to 1827, in 1848, and...
Locust Grove (Louisville, Ky.: Estate); Dwellings; Houses; Mansions; Porches; Buildings
Address: 561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. This Georgian style home was built by William and Lucy Clark Croghan in 1790 on the property known as Locust Grove. The building is brick with multiple chimneys and shuttered windows. The...
Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. Title supplied by cataloger.
Wrap-around porch at Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The porch, a later...
Screened-in porch at Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The porch, a later...
Wrap-around porch at Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The porch, a later...
Varnish and its use has been known since ancient times. Altho the knowledge of varnish has been attributed to the Japanese as early as 500-600 B.C., Tschirsch and A.D. Stevens say that the Japs did not possess this art originally, but that they...
Wilson, James, 1742-1798; Statesmen--United States--Biography; Constitutional history--United States; United States--Politics and government--1775-1783; United States--Politics and government--1783-1809
This essay is a biography and ideological interpretation of James Wilson. Wilson was an important member of the Revolutionary generation whom historians and political theorists too often overlook. Moving from the rise of historical interest in...
