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County: Bell

Oldest House

Marker Number: 

1228

Location: 

N. of 19th St., Middlesboro, US 25

Built about 1800 in Yellow Creek Valley, the second brick house in the county, and the oldest one still standing. The bricks were made from clay by slave labor. Home of Rev. John Calvin Colson, "Patriarch of Yellow Creek Valley," preacher, teacher, lawyer, doctor, farmer, miller, merchant, "being gifted along these lines but not educated for such pursuits." Presented by Chamber of Commerce.

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