Stone House on Cardinal Hill

kobe: 17th May 2005 - 15:40 GMT

how strange that these places just sit derelict. so is the american way, where everything is disposable, eh?

Anonymous (IP-69-88-7-67.HAWAIITELEPORT.COM): 4th Jun 2005 - 10:05 GMT

Its a very old bushy house, possibly a house of ghosts.

Karen: 12th Jul 2005 - 11:18 GMT

I would love to find house plans for these types of old stone homes. I wonder how the inside looks? Society today is much too materialistic to appreciate these types of homes. It is sad that this home will one day be destroyed!

Tina: 7th Aug 2005 - 17:51 GMT

Reminds me of Central Baptist Hospital tearing down that beautiful stone church and cutting down those beautiful old trees to expand their parking lot. I had thought those would make a uplifting and inspiring setting for some support groups affiliated with the hospital. There's got to be a better way. A few years ago, St Joe rerouted some proposed development on its property to save a large tree.

GGP: 8th Aug 2005 - 18:07 GMT

great post! I agree w/ Tina that it would be great to hold support groups or creative writing/arts workshops for patients in that space, along with an gardening program! write a grant, get some funding, show the bureaucrats what's possible in this world!

Ra: 8th Aug 2005 - 22:57 GMT

"...and then I understood the indifferent cruelty of Time that destroys everyting: Beauty, Love, Feelings..."

Tonya: 17th Dec 2005 - 23:14 GMT

I would live in such a house. With little work it could look very livable. These types of old stone homes remind me of fairy tales and romance. There so beautiful and intriging and Historical. I beleive nothing historical should ever be destroyed but only preserved for admiration and education and beauty. Just remeber that one day that house was thriving. And it could thrived again if it were saved.

Trish: 22nd Jun 2006 - 03:59 GMT

I was very sad as I read the article...Since it's now 2006, I am wondering if it is still there? The photos were beautiful, capturing "time standing still". I am all for preserving historical buildings. Central Baptist has now torn down the other church next to it, (Central Christian) and is going to put a parking lot there. Did you hear recently that Central Baptist is going to be moving out near Hamburg and I-75 in about 7 years??? Such a pity for 2 churches now gone!

aer suzuki: 22nd Jun 2006 - 08:40 GMT

these are beautiful shots. i like how you took longshots showing the entire house itself and then included close-ups, like the window sill and the dutch door.

with a comprehensive array of photos like that you really get to see what the place looks like, well done.

Susan Johnson: 6th Jul 2006 - 03:03 GMT

You have an eye for beauty and captured this house very well in every way possible, enjoyed it very much !!!

john martim: 9th Sep 2006 - 03:47 GMT

You have an eye for beauty and captured this house very well in every way possible, enjoyed it very much !!!

anon (localhost): 10th Jan 2007 - 02:32 GMT

I am so sorry to see something like this... I just moved into a very old home and allthough it is taking time to repair it is well worth is!

Biff: 10th Jan 2007 - 03:02 GMT

Virgil, The Aenead book four, Lacrima rerum...Tears for things...Biff

Adam: 6th Feb 2007 - 15:53 GMT

I think these pictures are great, I also think someone shoud restore this house Ill bet it was a beautiful house in its hayday.

mark: 9th Feb 2007 - 17:26 GMT

I enjoyed the photos. These type of stone houses are common in Kentucky, made from sandstone. mk

Martha: 19th Feb 2007 - 14:08 GMT

I have often admired this house. I used to live in that area and my daughter is currently a patient at Cardinal Hill. I think its a beautiful house today and can only imagine what it was like years ago. I have seen several houses made of the same material and I really like them. They have a nostalgic and grand air about them.

daniel : 24th Mar 2007 - 03:00 GMT

i think that true beauty lies in evry historic home and it is a crime to tear them dow no matter what shape there in

anon (pool-70-104-204-105.nrflva.fios.verizon.net): 19th Apr 2007 - 16:34 GMT

Having grown up in Gardenside during the 1960's, I and good friend Jim Varney frequently rode the Versailles Road bus past this home and wondered about how neat it would be to live there. Of course, the hospital still had a grand lawn and had not yet encroached on adjoining properties. Traffic on Versailles Road was light back then. Another similar but smaller house of this type is the small stone cottage just inside the entrance, on the right, at Keeneland.

Take heart. Some people do care about some of these grand old buildings.

anon (cache-mtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com): 25th Sep 2007 - 21:35 GMT

Do you have the house plans for this old stone house? Please respond to laureloil@aol.com

thanks

Max: 8th Oct 2007 - 21:42 GMT

That house looks to be made of limestone, as so many stone houses in Lexington are.

Jana: 27th Jun 2008 - 14:55 GMT

I am wondering if this home could be disassembled-then moved to a new location. I think I saw a for sale sign in one of your photos. It also may be able to be moved completely off its foundation and moved to a different location . It is interesting I love the arch doorway. Is there any documentation on this house as to its age & history ? .