Yewell House
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| Yewell House | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Address | 630 Clay Street |
| City | Owensboro |
| State | Kentucky |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1894 |
| Style | Queen Anne |
| Owner | Franklin Yewell family (at time of listing) |
| Current use | Multi-family residence |
| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Reference # | 86001427 |
| Listed | 1986 |
| Criteria | Criterion C (architecture) |
| Period | 1894 |
The Yewell House is a two-story brick Queen Anne residence located at 630 Clay Street in Owensboro, Kentucky. Built in 1894 by wealthy tobacco farmer Franklin Yewell, it is an outstanding example of the Queen Anne style of residential architecture in Owensboro. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as part of the Owensboro Multiple Resource Area.
Description
The two-story brick Queen Anne residence has the unusual feature of front, side, and rear gables. A rusticated stone effect is used for the front wall and the foundation of the front porch. The projecting front gable has a one-story bay window with rectangular windows, topped by a bracketed cornice with a section of original metal cresting above. Balancing the bay window is a one-story wood porch with simple columns and spindles providing access to the main entrance, also topped by metal cresting.
An interesting wall texture is created by brick corbelling that runs across the front, side, and rear of the house, creating a double-arched window effect on the second floor. Brick patterning outlines the peaks of each gable, and small arched windows occupy the peak of each gable. The hipped roof is covered by a standing seam metal roof.
History
The house was built in 1894 by Franklin Yewell, a wealthy tobacco farmer who moved to Daviess County from Nelson County. Yewell constructed the house at the age of seventy and lived there only a few more years after its completion. His widow continued to live in the house until 1928, at which time it passed to their son, Dr. A. S. Yewell, a prominent Owensboro physician, who lived there for another thirty years. The house remained in the Yewell family for a total of seventy-two years and was later acquired by an architect who converted it to a multi-family residence.
Significance
The Yewell House is nominated as an outstanding example of the Queen Anne style of architecture in Owensboro, retaining original exterior details including metal cresting and brick patterning typical of the style.
References
- Kentucky Heritage Council. National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Owensboro Multiple Resource Area. Frankfort: Kentucky Heritage Council, 1985.