====== Joseph C. Hughes House (BE 269) ====== Joseph C. Hughes House The Joseph. C. Hughes House is a large, well-kept frame L-plan house of the late 19th century, with Folk Victorian detailing. Extending across the lateral block is an intricate spindlework porch bearing a spindled frieze with semicircular adornments. The facade gables wear ornate bargeboards and are topped by lightning rods. Historic [[farming|farm]] buildings include a transverse gable stock barn with double entry bays, a three-door corncrib, and a smokehouse. Joseph C. Hughes, one of the major landowners of the [[Union]]-[[Richwood]] area, owned five large farms along the [[transportation in boone county|Louisville Turnpike]] (now U.S. 42). He also donated the land for the Hughes Chapel Methodist Church (now demolished) near [[Beaverlick|Beaver Lick]]. ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Historic Homes]] * [[hughes_house|Joseph H. Hughes House]]