# George Short House

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The **George Short House** is a historic house located at 151 N. Main St. in [Greenville](/source/Greenville,_Kentucky), [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky). Built in the 1840s, the house is the oldest remaining home in Greenville and one of fewer than ten in the city from before the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). The [Greek Revival](/source/Greek_Revival_architecture) home features a two-story porch supported by columns, a [transom](/source/Transom_(architecture)) and [sidelights](/source/Sidelight) alongside the front door, and brick chimneys on either end of the structure.[2]

The house's first owner, George Washington Short, was a wealthy businessman who was involved with the local [tobacco](/source/Tobacco) industry. Short built the house in an attempt to impress Tabitha Brank, a woman from Greenville who had rejected his marriage proposal. The house failed to change Brank's mind, and Short died a bachelor. Short never lived in his new house.[2]

The house was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on September 15, 1980.[1] It is also included in the [North Main Street Historic District](/source/North_Main_Street_Historic_District_(Greenville,_Kentucky)), which is itself on the National Register.[3]

## References

1. Jones, Calvin P. (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: George Short House". [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). Retrieved July 10, 2013.

1. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: North Main Street Historic District". [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). Retrieved July 11, 2013.

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