Felts House open for season at Kentucky Museum

The Kentucky Museum has opened the 1810 Felts Log Home for the season. Excursions of the house can be found throughout common museum hours – Wednesday by way of Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – as staffing permits. Guests ought to enquire on the Museum’s entrance desk when visiting. 

Constructed in 1810 in Logan County, Ky., the Felts Home was the house of Archibald Felts, a Revolutionary Struggle veteran who was among the many first technology of everlasting settlers in Kentucky. The 2-story, four-room dwelling remained amongst Felts’ direct descendants for 150 years. In 1968, Felts’ great-granddaughter Ollie Felts offered the cabin and the Felts farm. Recognizing the historic integrity and worth of the cabin, the brand new proprietor provided the cabin to WKU, and the cabin was moved to campus to be used by the Kentucky Museum.

In 1991, the cabin was analyzed by the Kentucky Historic Society. At the moment, Dr. Lynwood Montell, Director of the Division of Intercultural and Folks Research, famous, “Craftsmanship as evidenced within the Felts Home is as excessive as or greater than different recognized southcentral Kentucky log homes. Using a pegged or chamfered scab to connect the highest plate to the following decrease log is exclusive on this geographical space.”

The Museum makes use of the Felts Home as a dwelling historical past classroom the place guests and college teams can see and work together with each day life within the early nineteenth century. Artifacts inside the home are replicas of these utilized in rural Kentucky, permitting hands-on shows and direct engagement with native historical past.

For extra data, go to the Kentucky Museum’s Felts Data web page.

The Kentucky Museum is positioned at 1444 Kentucky Road in Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky. The museum is open to the general public Wednesday by way of Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To plan your go to, please click on right here.