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Claiborne Robinson House, 113 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown, Scott County, KY

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Claiborne Robinson House, 113 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown, Scott County, KY

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Summary

Significance: The Claiborne Robinson house is an example of a turn-of-the-century residence built for African-American citizens in a small southern city. Its shotgun plan is typical of houses built on narrow urban lots by or for working-class families, often of African-American ethnicity. Its original owner, a white woman with considerable rental property, was largely responsible for the development of the small neighborhood in which this house is located as a small African-American community occupied largely by renters. Thus, this site is an example of a specific ethnic and urban settlement pattern for the late 19th-early 20th century.
Survey number: HABS KY-221
Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Perkins, Charles, photographer
O'Malley, Nancy, historian
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Location

georgetown38.21014, -84.55686
Google Map of 38.2101397, -84.55686159999999
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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