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Leslie T. Applegate House

United States historic place

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ65063346 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Leslie T. Applegate House, at 410 Maple St. in Falmouth, Kentucky, United States, was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It is a Shingle Style house which was built for locally prominent lawyer Leslie T. Applegate. Its exterior has been restored to its original appearance. It was deemed to be the "best example of late 19th century residence on Maple Street (site of early Falmouth 'suburb') with integrity intact".

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

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1888, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1888. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Leslie, Applegate and House providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65063346. Authority coordinates are 38.676, -84.333. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1888 and 1983.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leslie T. Applegate 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.