5875 Paris Bypass Rd
Paris, KY 40361, USA

Julia Steele House, 5875 Paris Rd (US Highway 27/68); 1 1/5 miles north of Bourbon County line, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

The Julia Steele House is a contributing property of the National Register eligible Paris Pike Historic District. It is significant as a turn-on-the-century residence built to replace the main dwelling on an earlier-established farm, and as a fine local representation of popular rural residential architecture of the era. Julia Steele purchased the 80+ acre tract where the house is located in 1889 to augment her farm and gain direct access to the Maysville and Lexington Turnpike. Her decision to locate the house prominently along the turnpike nearly opposite the Hutchison Station Road intersection suggests a desire for accessibility as well as a certain willingness to express the prosperity of her farm through the architectural importance of her home. In form, design, and materials, the one-and-one-half story, masonry dwelling reflects popular influences of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Classical Revival style. The house is attributed to local architect, Edwin Stamler, although this possibility was not verified.