Jesse Whitesell House and Farm

{{short description|Historic house in Kentucky, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Jesse Whitesell House and Farm

| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes

| image = Jesse Whitesell House.jpg

| caption = Jesse Whitesell House

| nearest_city= Fulton, Kentucky

| coordinates = {{coord|36|30|10|N|88|54|6|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Kentucky#USA

| built = {{Start date|1871}}

| architecture = Italian Villa

| added = August 29, 1977 (house)

| area = {{convert|2|acre}} (house); {{convert|215|acre}} (farm)

| governing_body =

| refnum = 77000619{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| increase = February 4, 2009 (farm)

| increase_refnum = 06001199

}}

The Jesse Whitesell House and Farm is a historic property in Fulton County, Kentucky, and Obion County, Tennessee. The house, which is located in Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The associated farm was added to the National Register in 2009 as a historic district. The historic district includes about {{convert|215|acre}} of land that spans the state line, five contributing buildings and five other contributing sites.

File:Jesse Whitesell Farm gate.jpg

The house was built in 1868 for Jesse Whitesell, in the style of an Italianate villa.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77000619}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Jesse Whitesell House |first1=Robert D. |last1=Whitesell |first2=Kenneth |last2=Gibbs |first3=Mary Cronan |last3=Oppel |first4=Gloria |last4=Mills |date=February 1976 |publisher=National Park Service}}

As of 2005, the house was still owned and occupied by members of the Whitesell family.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lb9cLhUh0MkC&pg=PA64 |title=Fulton |first=Elizabeth R. |last=Jones |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=9780738516998 |page=64}}