The Hindman Ben Franklin is a historic commercial building in
Hindman, Kentucky, which formerly held a
Ben Franklin five-and-dime-type store. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2007.
[
It is a "distinctive" building constructed of ]ashlar
Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones.
Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...
sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
in 1913–14, originally to hold the Francis Smith and
Company Department Store. It is also a contributing building in the Hindman Historic District, which was listed on the National Register in 2013.[ With 15 photos from 2012.]
By 2012 the building had been rehabilitated and was hosting the offices, gallery, and cafe of the Appalachian Artisan Center.[
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References
External links
Appalachian Artisan Center website
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Commercial buildings completed in 1914
National Register of Historic Places in Knott County, Kentucky
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Kentucky
Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places
1914 establishments in Kentucky
Sandstone buildings in the United States
Hindman, Kentucky
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