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Stone House on Cardinal Hill

Lexington, KY - Goingincirclez - Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 : goo

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The hospital I work for has some adjoining properties, one of which includes this decaying treasure. It was love at first sight for me, as it looks straight out of a fairy tale. Unfortunately the hospital has no use for such an old house as such, and its sole use now is junk storage for the annual fundraising yardsale. They used to archive documents, but roof leaks and US gov't HIPAA (patient privacy) regs changed that. I have been inside once, and it is surprisingly spacious and sturdy inside; if one could update the kitchen and bath it would be a marvelous gem.

Sadly though, it will someday be razed for some future medical facilities expansion (or a parking lot, bah). I would love to get the floor plans and rebuild a house just like this.

This is the north side elevation, view looking up from Versailles Road in Lexington. You'd miss it driving by if you didn't know it was there.

There are miles of old stone fences in the KY Bluegrass region. You find remnants in the stranges places... this part is intact...

...this part is not! There used to be a mailbox frenched into this stone corner, until a careless contractor knocked it over with a truck.

The disconnected gas meter line is about 10 yards from the house, downhill.

The NW corner...

A mysterious curved dutch door. Lovely!

The frame has rotted away. You can see the slatboard and plaster walls through the gap (the picture here does not show it well).

I don't know what that gutter is hanging on to...

The house has two fireplaces, but the chimneys are different.

NE corner. I am standing in the hospital's parking lot entrance.

SE coner. That sign is not in regards to the house.

There's a man-made vine in there...

Nook in a SSW corner.

Window sill...

Another gutter, that could well be a metal beehive.

The roof has seen better days. The smokestacks are directly from the kitchen. There also used to be a coal furnace in the basement!

South elevation

A window...

...another...

...And a last one. All different, all charmingly obscured by natural decay.

A small addition was tacked on at some point.

West side

The house does have power, but from the hospital's substation. Since it is not longer separately billable, the utility company gutted the meter and the housing is now hidden.

west side entrance

I'm not sure if that's a well or a cistern, or something else... anybody know? There was another on the east side, I thought I took a picture but I guess I didn't.

If nature has any mercy, that tree will finish the job before the bulldozers get there. I am standing 10 feet away from the entrance to a 3-story, 5-year-old hospital adminstrative wing expansion. But you'd never know it.

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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.

Ray: I was a patient at Cardinal Hill.

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: hey

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.

iman: looks more like a leaf house than a stone house.

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 ? .

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I have been inside once, and it is surprisingly spacious and sturdy inside; if one could update the kitchen and bath it would be a marvelous gem. Sadly though, it will someday be razed for some future medical facilities expansion (or a parking lot, bah). I would love to get the floor plans and rebuild a house just like this. This is the north side elevation, view looking up from Versailles Road in Lexington. You'd miss it driving by if you didn't know it was there. There are miles of old stone fences in the KY Bluegrass region. You find remnants in the stranges places... this part is intact... ...this part is not! There used to be a mailbox frenched into this stone corner, until a careless contractor knocked it over with a truck. The disconnected gas meter line is about 10 yards from the house, downhill. The NW corner... A mysterious curved dutch door. Lovely! The frame has rotted away. You can see the slatboard and plaster walls through the gap (the picture here does not show it well). I don't know what that gutter is hanging on to... The house has two fireplaces, but the chimneys are different. NE corner. I am standing in the hospital's parking lot entrance. SE coner. That sign is not in regards to the house. There's a man-made vine in there... Nook in a SSW corner. Window sill... Another gutter, that could well be a metal beehive. The roof has seen better days. The smokestacks are directly from the kitchen. There also used to be a coal furnace in the basement! South elevation A window... ...another... ...And a last one. All different, all charmingly obscured by natural decay. A small addition was tacked on at some point. West side The house does have power, but from the hospital's substation. Since it is not longer separately billable, the utility company gutted the meter and the housing is now hidden. west side entrance I'm not sure if that's a well or a cistern, or something else... anybody know? There was another on the east side, I thought I took a picture but I guess I didn't. If nature has any mercy, that tree will finish the job before the bulldozers get there. I am standing 10 feet away from the entrance to a 3-story, 5-year-old hospital adminstrative wing expansion. But you'd never know it. This article has been viewed 9982 times in the last 3 years 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. Ray: I was a patient at Cardinal Hill. 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: hey 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. iman: looks more like a leaf house than a stone house. 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 ? . Comment on this article.. 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kobe: 17th May 2005 - 15:40 GMT

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Karen: 12th Jul 2005 - 11:18 GMT

Tina: 7th Aug 2005 - 17:51 GMT

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Ra: 8th Aug 2005 - 22:57 GMT

Tonya: 17th Dec 2005 - 23:14 GMT

Trish: 22nd Jun 2006 - 03:59 GMT

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

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

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

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

Biff: 10th Jan 2007 - 03:02 GMT

Adam: 6th Feb 2007 - 15:53 GMT

mark: 9th Feb 2007 - 17:26 GMT

Martha: 19th Feb 2007 - 14:08 GMT

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