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Zachary Taylor House, 5608 Apache Road (formerly Blankenbaker Lane), Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

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Zachary Taylor House, 5608 Apache Road (formerly Blankenbaker Lane), Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

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Significance: One of the oldest residences in Jefferson County, Springfield served as the childhood home of Zachary Taylor. The twenty-three years spent by Taylor at Springfield were to be the longest he lived at any one place.
Survey number: HABS KY-69
Building/structure dates: 1794-1795 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1830- before. 1839 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000359

Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general. Zachary Taylor was a national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812. "I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me."

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Taylor, Zachary
Taylor, Hancock
McCurdy, George
Morgan, Frederic L
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Saint Matthews (Ky.)38.24357, -85.63578
Google Map of 38.2435659, -85.63577889999999
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