Cheap-ish Circa 1798 Historic Kentucky Fixer Upper $125K

OHU50K Notes $125,000

This Cheap-ish brick fixer upper is a circa 1802 gem in the most charming village with small log cabins and 1800’s homes with historical plaques lining the main street. I remember a quick side trip to this historic town on our way to visit my daughter in Indiana. The post office address is Maysville, but the village is actually Washington, one of the oldest towns in Kentucky.

Agent Comments

This is your chance to own a historic piece of Washington history. The Bayless-Forman-Taylor was built in 1798 and is on the corner of Old Main and Jail street. It has been used as a Sunday school/youth group space for the church next door for many years. Cellar/basement and a full height attic with permanent stairs.

3bd
2ba
Circa 1798

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Family History

The home was built in 1798 by Captain Benjamin Bayless who was a hatter. He married Elizabeth Wood in 1798 and the couple built this house around the same year.

Portrait of Elizabeth Wood Bayless and child.

It was later sold to the Forman family. They owned it for three generations, and family members held prominent positions in the community, including doctors, lawyers, justices and Civil War heroes.