The Remains of a Portico: The Burgess-Buckland-Laytham House, Mason County, Kentucky
October 23, 2026
A beautifully detailed portico with Ionic columns and an entablature featuring Federal-period fretwork and guttae stands incongruously attached to a late 20th century metal commercial building in Mays Lick, Kentucky. This pairing is one of the most unlikely marriages of types I’ve ever seen. The modern commercial building, at one time home to a (read more)