Owings House / Thomas Dye Owings

Owings House / Thomas Dye Owings (HM231D)

Location: Owingsville, KY 40360 Bath County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 8.667', W 83° 45.896'

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Owings House
Built 1811-14 for Colonel Thomas Dye Owings by Benjamin Latrobe, who redesigned the interior of the US Capitol after the British burned it, War of 1812. This house was a center of social life during early 1800's. Henry Clay, while US Sec. of State, attended a grand ball here. Reputedly, in 1814, someone posing as Prince Louis Philippe was a guest here.
Thomas Deye Owings Came to Bath County in 1800 from Maryland. An early ironmaster, he operated the Bourbon Iron Works, Slate and Maria forges. Iron Works Pike, Owingsville to Lexington, built to haul iron from this area to the Bluegrass, there being no nearby river route. Owings was four times a state representative and a state senator, 1823-27. Town named for him, 1811.
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HM NumberHM231D
Series This marker is part of the Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society series
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Year Placed1968
Placed ByKentucky Historical Society & Kentucky Department of Highways
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, November 20th, 2017 at 7:01am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 257700 N 4225454
Decimal Degrees38.14445000, -83.76493333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 8.667', W 83° 45.896'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 8' 40.02" N, 83° 45' 53.76" W
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Area Code(s)606
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 49 W Main St, Owingsville KY 40360, US
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