McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters
- Also Known As: Harris House
- Address: W of Wurtland on US 23
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1833/00/00 | John McConnell, lawyer | Home | A house was built, 1833-34, for John McConnell. A brick law office is built near the house for MeConnell, but, as he will die only a few weeks after moving in, the building will never be used for that purpose. | |||
1834/07/05 | John McConnell, lawyer | Died | John M McConnell dies at the age of 43. He wished to be buried on a hill so that he could view his property. He, his wife and several other graves are on a hill about 0.75 mile SSW from the McConnell House located in Wurtland, KY. | |||
1857/00/00 | George Hurts buys the place from the MeConnell heirs. Active in mining and manufacturing, he deals in furnaces. Wurts establishes a private school in the unused law office the first schoolhouse in the county. | |||||
1874/00/00 | James D Biggs of Louisville, a farmer and timber dealer who had married George Wurts' daughter Alice, buys the property from Wurts' widow Mary Ann. The Biggs' will occupied the house until 1907, and made it a center for the social life of the community. |
Particulars for McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Cemetery |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Area of Significance | Education |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Historic Use | Institutional housing |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | School |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Crime | Slavery |
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