David McKenzie Log Cabin

David McKenzie Log Cabin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates:	37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222Coordinates: 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222
Built:	ca. 1860–1865
Architect:	David McKenzie
Architectural style:	No Style Listed
Governing body:	U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
NRHP Reference#:	82002728
Added to NRHP:	January 26, 1982

The David McKenzie Log Cabin is a historic house located within the Mountain Homeplace in Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States.^[1] The cabin was built between 1860 and 1865 by David McKenzie, who was an early settler of Johnson County.^[2] It was originally located at 37°52′56″N 82°54′44″W / 37.88222°N 82.91222°W / 37.88222; -82.91222, in Volga but was moved to the Mountain Homeplace in the early 1990s by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1982.^[4]

The cabin is a double-pen, 1 ¹⁄₂-story cabin measuring approximately 34.6 by 30.4 feet (10.5 by 9.3 m). It is not known if the structure was originally a double-pen structure as it is today or whether the eastern pen, constructed of poplar, was built first followed by the addition of the western pen, which is of yellow pine.^[2] The walls are built of hewn logs with dovetail notching. The cabin rests on sandstone piers and contains a central fireplace, which is also made of sandstone.^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Kentucky
• Mountain Homeplace

References

1. ^ Paintsville Tourism-Mountain Homeplace Retrieved on 2010-2-28
2. ^ ^{a b c} Lady, Lynn., National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for David McKenzie Log Cabin 12 July 1982. Retrieved on 2010-2-28
3. ^ U.S. Army Corp of Engineers-Recnotes (August 1995) Retrieved on 2010-2-28
4. ^ National Register of Historic Places Retrieved on 2010-2-28