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
Nearest citySomerset, Kentucky
Coordinates37°14′02″N 84°35′04″W
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Builtc.1810, 1858
Architectural styleDouble pen dog trot
MPSPulaski County MRA
NRHP reference No.84001941[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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]

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