- Sale Details:
- Date Sold: May 22, 2020
- Sale Price: $78,101
- Initial Asking Price: $49,500 (April 2020)
- Location: Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- Status: Sold after being listed for less than a week
- Property Details:
- Address: 712 W. Lexington Road, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- Size: 10,500 square feet of living space
- Land: 2.96 acres
- Features: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
- Original Construction Year: 1890
- Foreclosure Status: Listed in foreclosure, ultimately leading to sale
Architectural Significance
- Commissioned By: Colonel Daniel Lawson Moore for his second wife, Miss Minnie Ball, in 1890
- Architecture Style: Romanesque Revival
- Notable Aspects:
- Regarded as the most significant example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Central Kentucky and the most luxurious residence in Mercer County.
- Construction spanned over five years, completed without a known architect.
- Comparable in architectural significance to the Theophilus Conrad house in Louisville.
Construction Details
- Materials: Limestone and brick, with the front facade entirely made of stone.
- Design Features:
- Each stone block meticulously tooled with ribbing or bush-hammering, set with pink mortar.
- A veranda with large semicircular arches supported by polished granite pillars topped with intricately carved limestone capitals.
- Octagon-shaped ends on the veranda, including a four-story tower on the south side topped with an entablature and parapet.
Real Estate Journey
- Previous Listings: More than $1 million, with over forty acres of land.
- Current Listing: Before the sale, the property was divided into two lots of 2.96 acres each, sold with the main house.
Call to Action
- Posted By: Todd Hyatt and Lois Ann Disponett Real Estate
- Contact Information: (502) 839-7409
- Encouragement: Sharing the listing to breathe new life into the historic property, including viewing pictures of its past and current state.
Condition of House in around 2010:
