Joseph P. Elliott House, Lexington, Kentucky

JOSEPH P. ELLIOTT HOUSE

S.W. Cor. Short and Georgetown Sts., Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Built Before 18??

Source: Old Houses of Lexington, C. Frank Dunn, typescript, n.d., copy located in the Kentucky Room, Lexington (Kentucky) Public Library.

Peter Elliott, who had removed to Evansville, Ind., in 1853, conveyed the house here to Joseph P. Elliott, who was shown as operating a blacksmith shop on Main St. opposite Georgetown St. in 1838 (Directory.).

The property back of it (north-west corner Main and Georgetown Sts.) had been "in the possession of Peter Elliott and used as a waggon-maker's shop" according to a deed in 1849.

Joseph P. Elliott and wife, of Evansville, Ind., sold their house in 1855 to Joel Webster. (1859-60 Directory: "Joel Webster, sheep skin and morocco dresser, S.S. Vine bet. Mill and Broadway, house S.W. cor. Georgetown and Short.")

Alexander T. Parker purchased the house in January, 1863, and conveyed it to his wife, Mrs. Virginia Parker. She sold it in 1869 to Mrs. John M. Shepperd.

Transcribed, Pam Brinegar, April 2000