Chittenden P Lyon Jr House

  • Also Known As: Professor Hanson Boring's Private School also Casner House also "Old S

  • Address: 304 Union St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1857/00/00 Chittenden Patton Lyon Home A large brick residence is built on the southern half of the "Whobrey Lot" which runs from Union to Franklin Street for dry-goods merchant Chittenden P Lyon.
1879/00/00 Hanson Boring Work Chittenden P Lyon's widow, Nannie Collins Lyon, selld the home to her brother-in-law and sister, Professor Hanson Boring and Mattie Collins Boring.
1900/00/00 Hanson Boring Work Until 1900, Hanson and his wife, Martha, operate a regionally-renowned school in the Lyon house. The Professor leads academic courses on the 2nd floor and Mrs Boring teaches music and piano on the 1st.
1902/00/00 Mrs Laura A Pritchett, proprietor of the Hotel Lucille (lost) in Madisonville and aunt of Mrs Mary Laffoon, wife of Kentucky governor Ruby Laffoon, buys the Lyon House. She will stay here until 1904.
1905/00/00 J F Dempsey, a local lawyer who was at one time county court judge of Hopkins County and Railroad Commissioner from the Western Kentucky District, buys the Pritchett house.
1922/00/00 Franklin G Bowmer, a local druggist, purchases the residence from Judge J F Dempsey.

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Particulars for Chittenden P Lyon Jr House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use School
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 76000898
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Commerce, Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1857
Associated People: Boring,Hanson,et al.
Historic Function: Education, Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, School
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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