====== Benjamin Piatt Fowler House (BE 284) ====== The [[historic homes|historic home]] has stellar associations with early settlement along [[big gunpowder creek|Gunpowder Creek]] in the interior of [[Boone County]]. Located on U.S. 42, the house was built in [[1817]] on land that belonged to Jacob Fowler, who acquired it through a land grant.

The only settlement-era stone house in the interior of Boone County, the Fowler House is an outstanding example of stone masonry, with exemplary detailing and craftsmanship. It is a two-story, single-pile, rectangular building of dressed limestone construction. Notable details include a modillioned portico with Ionic columns, and limestone jack arches and sills; an endless chain is laid in the mortar at each story. The stone was quarried from a nearby [[waterways|creek]] (Fowler's Branch of Gunpowder Creek), which was named in the [[Fowler family|family's]] honor. A one-story stone wing was appended to the east side of the house in 1931. Beside the house stands a stone smokehouse with hipped roof. The 1931 transverse gable barn includes timbers salvaged from the original 1817 barn. The House was added to the [[National Register]] in 1982. ===== More Information ===== * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=fowler+house&te=&lm=LHDC|Browse photographs]] of the Benjamin Piatt Fowler House ==== Related websites ==== * National Register Information (PDFs), [[https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=a59748c0-6b1a-4074-a84c-f61494576a75|inventory form and photos]]