Benjamin Franklin Henley House

 house, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, vernacular (architecture)

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Historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: c. 1870
Expanded: c. 1876 (house doubled in size, with a "dogtrot" breezeway connecting the two sections); c. 1944 (rear additions)
Architectural style: Vernacular; Greek Revival influences
Areas of significance: Architecture
Area: about 4 acres
Outbuildings: barn
Date added to NRHP: 12/5/1985
Notes: In the brief period of about 6 years from this house's original construction, it went from a modest 1 1/2-room structure to a more impressive 3-room home, complete with a large Greek Revival-influenced portico. The transformation was made possible by the financial success experienced by its first owner, Benjamin Franklin Henley, who had dealings in business and politics. Henley and his wife raised thirteen children on the property.