Marshall Key House

ID: 2578 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society [Image Source: https://kyhistory.com/digital/collection/PH/id/9373/rec/5] ~ Creator: Charles Bayless ~ Date: c. 1968-1971

This file appears in: Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic District

When Harriet Beecher Stowe stayed in Washington, Kentucky in 1833, the Marshall Key House was one of the locations she visited. A Georgian style home, the edifice was one of the finest in the town at the time.

This file appears in: Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic District

Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic District

By Joanna E. Hahn

The first courthouse in what was then Washington, Kentucky (now part of Maysville) often was the site of auctions of enslaved Black individuals on the courthouse grounds. In 1833, while visiting one of her students, Harriet Beecher Stowe took a walk…