CANE BRAKE
2215 Old Main Street
One of the original 119 Cane Brake log cabins built during the 1790s. Used as a residence until the 1950s, two-family dwelling at one time. V-notching construction, addition built c. 1805 of frame & brick nogging construction, shake-shingle roof; Cane Brake behind the cabin.
Ownership
| Date | New Owner |
| ???? | William Wood and Arthur Fox |
| 1789 | Thomas Loundsdale |
| 1791 | William Fleming of Fayette County, KY |
| 1803 | Benjamin Bayless |
| 1808 | According to modern tree-ring dating, the Cane Brake log house was built, which would’ve been during the Benjamin Bayless tenure. |
| 1858 | Elizabeth Bayless sold to Frank Lee, “a man of color”, for $90 |
| 1863 | Stephen Morgan |
| 1865 | Mary Conner |
| 1867 | Peter Hunter, “a colored man”. |
| 1906 | Hattie Green, wife of Hunter Green. |
| 1912 | Hattie P. Green |
| 1924 | William D. Royse |
| 1935 | William Combess |
| 1940 | John and Dan Maher |
| 1946 | Amos Case, Calvert Case, and William Davis |
| 1963 | Ethel Brammel Riggs |
| 1968 | Mary Louise and Andrew Duke |
| 1973 | Kentucky Department of Park |