Anatok was a historic mansion in central

Bardstown, Kentucky Bardstown is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 13,567 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the list of counties in Kentucky, county seat of Nelson Count ...

. The two-story, double-pile, brick

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

home was built in 1847 for Charles and Matilda Haydon. The home had a limestone foundation, four brick interior end chimneys, and a standing seam hipped roof. It was named Anatok in the 1890s by then-owner James L. Druien. In 1900, a one-story

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wraparound porch, supported by Ionic columns, and a pedimented dormer were added. The house was once home to

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, a prominent African-American Catholic journalist, was born into

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on the plantation in 1854. In 1889, Rudd called together the first

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which was held at St. Augustine Catholic Church in

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In the 21st century, as the property fell intro disrepair, preservationists sought to restore the property and avoid demolition. The Archdiocese of Louisville razed the property in February 2022.

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