Buck-Mercer House

The Buck-Mercer House, on Waynesburg Road in Pulaski County, Kentucky near Somerset, was built as a single pen log house around 1810.[1]

Buck-Mercer House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Somerset, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°14′02″N 84°35′04″W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	c.1810, 1858
Architectural style	Double pen dog trot
MPS	Pulaski County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84001941[1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1984

The south pen was built with half-dovetail notching and included a limestone chimney. A second, north pen with a dog trot between was added in 1858. It is the only double pen dogtrot house surviving in the county.[2][3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Carolyn Torma; Camille Wells (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski County Multiple Resource Area Continuation: Buck-Mercer House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1983-84
3. Carolyn Torma; Camille Wells (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski County Multiple Resource Area". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2018.