Reed-Dossey House

The Reed-Dossey House, in Brownsville, Kentucky, is a historic house built around 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Reed-Dossey House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Upper Main Cross and Jefferson Sts., Brownsville, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°11′34″N 86°16′11″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	c.1890
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Vernacular Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	86002866[1]
Added to NRHP	October 16, 1986

It is a balloon-frame house with a two-story T-plan, plus a one-story wing.[2]

It was deemed notable "as an unusually large and intact example of vernacular late Victorian architecture in a small town in western Kentucky" with well-preserved interior and exterior details.[2]

The house was built by/for entrepreneur J.P. Reed, who was "reputedly connected with the steamboat traffic on the [[Green River (Kentucky)|Green River" and it is believed that Reed intended for the house to be a hotel or boarding house. The house was later operated by the Dossey family as a boarding house; Miss Tandie Mclntyre, a local schoolteacher was a notable boarder.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Reed-Dossey House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 5, 2018. With accompanying 10 photos from 1986