Finding aid prepared by Megan Mummey
James Ware and Matthew Kennedy Kentucky State House records
1814-1816
University of Kentucky Special Collections
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Housed with multiple collections.
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
2012MS060: [identification of item], James Ware and Matthew Kennedy Kentucky State House records, 1814-1816, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
0.01 Cubic feet
1 box
The Kentucky legislature formed a commission in 1814 to oversee the building of a second state house after the first burned to the ground the previous year. The commission included John Brown, Daniel Weisiger, Richard Taylor, William Hunter, and Jephthah Dudley. They hired Matthew Kennedy to design the house and James Ware for the carpentry. The second state house, completed in 1816, was a nine bay classical structure with a two-tiered cupola. In 1824 the building was destroyed by fire.
Kleber, John E. The Encyclopedia of Kentucky. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 1992. Google books. Web. 8 February 2012.
The collection consists of three contracts regarding the building of the Kentucky State House by James Ware and Matthew Kennedy.