Hague House, Sugar Creek Township

Description:	The Hague house. Accompanying caption: The James Calvin Hague House, about 1 1/2 miles east by northeast of Thorntown on the Thorntown-Frankfort Road. House stands on a rise south of the road in a very beautiful setting. the above picture was made from a Kodak print which evidently was taken around 1905, or at least within the first ten years of this 20th century. The house is most interesting because of its unusual architecture having been built in the style of a southern mansion, but not as large. James Calvin Hague was born in Dearborn County, N. C., oct. 19, 1822; came to Boone County with his parents in 1835, settingly in Sugar Creek Township. he died at his daughters home in Lebanon, Nov. 30, 1898, and is buried in Precinct Cemetery, now Bethel Hill, in Washington Township. Farm is now owned by Keith Craig and hosue is occupied (in 1965) by him and his family. (John Keith Craig, wife Iris, and children, Pamela, 14; Kenneth David, 9; Debra Jane, 7.) farm is 120 acres, 40 a. on south side of road and 80 a. on north side.House was built by Hague in summers of 1851-52. timber came from the farm and the brick were made and burned on the farm. Interior woodwork mostly of black walnut. After completion of the house, Hague went to Bath Co., Ky., and married Mary Leah Walker. She died Mar. 27, 1883, age 51 years. Hague married Martha T. Thornwell, in N. Carolina, May 18, 1884, she surviving him when he died.
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Collection:	Boone County Heritage
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Subjects:	Dwellings

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