Philomen Bird House

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| name = Philomen Bird House

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| location = Kentucky Route 1005/Vigo Rd., east of Beards Rd., near Bagdad, Kentucky

| coordinates = {{coord|38.24495|-85.11474|source:Doncram|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Kentucky

| built = {{Circa|1875}}

| architecture = Greek Revival, Vernacular Victorian

| added = December 27, 1988

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848573 Shelby County MRA]

| refnum = 88002917{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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The Philomen Bird House is a late 19th-century farmhouse in Shelby County, Kentucky near Bagdad, Kentucky. It has also been called the Winford and Lucy Day Bailey House. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1988, for the architecture.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philomen Bird House |url={{NRHP url|id=88002917}} |accessdate=November 7, 2023 |publisher=National Park Service}} With {{NRHP url|id=88002917|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}

History

The two-story farmhouse features "vernacular Greek Temple" architecture; the architect is unknown. It was built around 1875, and owned by Philomen Bird sometime before 1888.{{cite web |author=Christine Amos |date=July 1986 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Philomen Bird House / Winford and Lucy Day Bailey House |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848395 |access-date=August 20, 2022 |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)}} Includes six photos. In 1890, Winford and Lucy Day Bailey purchased the property from Bird.

The Bailey family lived at the house and ran it as a {{Convert|208|acre}} farm until the death of Mrs. Bailey in 1936. During the active years of the farm they farmed and raised tobacco, cattle, corn, and pigs. The land around the house is planted with old walnut trees, maple trees, redbud trees, and locust trees.

Its listing followed a 1986–1987 study of the historic resources of Shelby County.{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848573 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Shelby County outside Shelbyville |publisher=NARA |author=Gibson Worsham |author2=Charlotte Worsham |author3=Christine Amos |date=January 1987 |access-date=August 20, 2022 }} (417 pages. {{NationalArchivesNote}}) The house was located within a 2019 study area for routing of a new highway connecting Interstate 65 and Interstate 71 avoiding Louisville.{{cite report|type=none |title=Environmental Overview / 65-71 Regional Connector / KYTC Item 5-564.00 / Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, & Oldham Counties |date=May 2, 2019 |url=https://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Planning%20Studies%20and%20Reports/65-71%20Appendix%20D%20-%20Environmental%20Overview%20and%20Screening.pdf }} And final report is at {{cite report |type=none |url=https://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Planning%20Studies%20and%20Reports/65-71%20Regional%20Connector%20Final%20Report.pdf |date=September 2020 |title=65-71 Regional Corridor Study / Final Report / Prepared for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Central Office, District 5 |author=HDR |author2=Palmer Engineering |author3=HMB Professional Engineers, Inc. |author4=Integrated Engineering |author5=CRA Associates, Inc. |author6=Corn Island Archaeology|author7=Civil Design, Inc.}}

Philomen Bird House

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