Hunt–Morgan House

{{short description|Historic Federal style residence in Lexington, KY, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| partof = Gratz Park Historic District

| partof_refnum = 73000796{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| image = Hunt-Morgan House, Lexington Kentucky.jpg

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| location = 201 N. Mill Street., Lexington, Kentucky

| coordinates = {{coord|38|3|0|N|84|29|47|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Kentucky#USA

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| built = 1814

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| architecture = Federal style

| added = March 14, 1973

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The Hunt–Morgan House, historically known as Hopemont, is a Federal style residence in Lexington, Kentucky built in 1814 by John Wesley Hunt, the first millionaire west of the Alleghenies. The house is included in the Gratz Park Historic District. The Alexander T. Hunt Civil War Museum is located on the second floor of the Hunt–Morgan House.{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lexington/hun.htm

|title=Hunt–Morgan House |access-date=2006-10-18|work=Travel listing|publisher=National Park Service}}

Other notable people who resided at Hopemont include John Wesley Hunt's great-grandson, Thomas Hunt Morgan. Born in the house in 1866, he became the first Kentuckian to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

File:Hunt-Morgan House.jpg

The house has many architectural features, including the Palladian window with fan and sidelights that grace its front façade. In 1955 the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation was formed to save this home from impending demolition.{{cite web|url=http://www.bluegrasstrust.org |title=Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation |access-date=2008-03-18|publisher=Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation}} The organization restored the home to its Federal appearance.{{cite web|url=http://www.bluegrasstrust.org/hunt-morgan.html |title=The Hunt–Morgan House |access-date=2008-03-18|publisher=Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation}}

The Hunt–Morgan House is located on the corner of Mill and Second Streets, at 201 N. Mill Street, in Gratz Park in Lexington, Kentucky.