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Facade of the HW Haskins House

W. H. Haskins House

Site ID: BOD-118

Between 1850-1874
Residence
Gothic Revival
Boyle
CRA
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Summary

Consultants working with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet worked to survey the W. H. Haskins House in 2021. These investigations documented the W. H. Haskins House, a c. 1850 Gothic Revival residence on East Lexington Road in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, as well as its associated support structures which include a smokehouse, a privy, two barns, an animal shelter, an outbuilding, a shed and a stone wall. The residence was originally listed to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1986.

Facade of the HW Haskins House

Findings

Northeast elevation of the residence’s main block and rear projections, looking south-southwest.

Consultation with Kentucky Heritage Council staff determined that the W. H. Haskins House retains the integrity to continue to be Listed on the NRHP under Criterion C as one of the few frame Gothic Revival houses in Danville and as part of the “Danville Multiple Resource Area" Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group, as the home has undergone little change since its listing to the NRHP in 1986.

With the advent of the Industrial Evolution, revival styles like the one exhibited here rose in popularity, harkening back to pre-industrial eras.  This home represents the symmetrical subtype of Gothic Revival with a single centered, intersecting gable.  Prominent here are the steeply pitched principal and subordinate roofs featuring open eaves with shallow overhangs, and open rakes with vergeboards and moderate overhangs as well as the two chimneys piercing the ridgeline of the roof (with a third projecting from the rear ell) and the one story ornamented, cast-iron porch which shelters the entry (may or may not be original to the home). The outbuilding, smokehouse and privy are contemporary with the home itself and are considered contributing resources while the barn, animal shelter and shed are not associated with the residence's period of significance.  Consequently, they are considered to be non-contributing resources.  The tobacco barn and dry laid stone fence are beyond the NRHP boundary and are ineligible for individual listing on the NRHP.




What's Cool?

​The W. H. Haskins House helps to document the fascination with revival styles in American architecture in the antebellum era.  Their popularity would continue well into the twentieth century.  The Gothic Revival style seems well-placed here leading into the Victorian era.  The verticality of the Gothic style in its original phase was aspirational and that emphasis was replicated in such examples of Gothic Revival in the nineteenth century, associating it with one's home, even better.  While one should be mindful of imposing our contemporary perception on those living in the nineteenth century, it seems clear the reception of the Gothic style in the nineteenth century is not that far removed from our own.​

Southwest and southeast (rear) elevations of the smokehouse (to the left), as well as the façade and southeast elevation of the

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