Samuel M. Cassidy, Jr.
from Cave Spring Farm 1784,
"Completed before 1800 of homemade brick 12 in. thick, for storage of coils of long fiber remaining after hemp stalks were broken. Hemp was the main cash crop of Kentucky until the 1850's. Converted in 1968 to a two stall stable with an entrance cut in the east wall."
from the National Register of Historic Places,
Located southwest of the main house is the one-and-one-half story, brick hemp house and granary. A gable-roofed building similar in proportion and scale to the smokehouse, this structure is laid in common bond and rests on a low, stone foundation. The door is located in the south gable end with single window centered in the gable peak above. A second, larger window pierces the west side wall. All openings have jack arches. The structure functioned as a hemp house and granary until 1900. Currently, the building is used as a stable for pleasure horses, and it remains virtually unaltered on the exterior.
