Young's Ferry House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Young's Ferry House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Young's Ferry House is located on Young's Ferry Road on the Green River in Richardsville, Kentucky, United States. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. This is a house that Samuel Watt Young built on the south bank of the Green River next to the spot where Mr. Young started a ferry boat operation. There is reference to the name "S. W. Young", where the house is located and to the location of "Young's Ferry", on the Green River, is found on the 1877 "Map of Warren County, Kentucky", published by the D. G. Beers & Co., 27 South Six St, Philadelphia, PA.Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3953w.la000242/?r=0.181,0.043,0.71,0.34,0 This was the home of Samuel Watt Young, Born August 4, 1815, Died September 4, 1891.Young Family Genealogy Records, Records of Nora Young Ferguson, filed at the Kentucky Building, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (Manuscripts & Folklife Archives). S.W. Young built the house about 1850. It is said that steps and chimney are built of stone from the river. Read more on Wikipedia
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