James E. Slaton House
Historic house in Hopkins County, Kentucky, US
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The James E. Slaton House is a historic residence in Hopkins County, Kentucky, near Madisonville, Kentucky.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 13, 1988, for the architecture; and is part of the Hopkins County Multiple Property Submission (MPS).[3]
James E. Slaton House | |
  Location within Kentucky | |
| Location | Off Kentucky Route 1221, about 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Madisonville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 37.29192°N 87.42131°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1860 – c. 1864 |
| Architectural style | I-house |
| MPS | Hopkins County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002717[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 1988 |
History
The James E. Slaton House was built between c. 1860 – c. 1864, by a local farmer named James E. Slaton (1825–1916).[1] His farm was worked by four to five enslaved Black people at a time, prior to the American Civil War.[4] It is located at the end of KY 1221, which "dead ends right in front of the house".[5] It's on a hill overlooking small tributaries of the Pond River in a rural area of the county where strip mining took place.
The house is influenced by Greek Revival style and is a two-story, central-passage I-house, with a one-story "L" extension.[1][5] Besides the main house, the listing includes three buildings deemed non-contributing to the historical character of the place.[5]
A two-story porch was added to its west side of the house in 1895, and extends across three of the home's five bays.[5] The porch includes square columns with Doric influenced capitals and square balusters on the railings.[5]
