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Carter Allen House

United States historic place

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ55013295 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Carter Allen House, near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, was built in 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

It is a two-story five-bay brick building with elements of Greek Revival architecture.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Carter Allen House” as united States historic place. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carter, Allen and House.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1870, 1979—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Carter, Allen and House providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55013295. Authority coordinates are 37.080, -86.228. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1870 and 1979.

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This entry incorporates text from “Carter Allen House” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.