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Hopemont, 201 North Mill Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

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Hopemont, 201 North Mill Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

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Summary

Significance: John W. Hunt, his wife and his brother "came to Kentucky from New Jersey in 1794 and founded the fortune and family that were to figure so prominently in the building of the west and the defense of the south. Setting up a mercantile business at 314 West Main Street.....the Huntes prospered and as the business grew they acquired more property and expanded in every direction, trading land grants and war department service grants. They shipped goods down the rivers to New Orleans and opened a hemp factory where they employed an army of slaves in the rope walks."
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44
Survey number: HABS KY-60
Building/structure dates: ca. 1811 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
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Lexington-Fayette38.05019, -84.49642
Google Map of 38.0501872, -84.4964171
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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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