Click image to enlarge. The Urquhart House is one of Madison County’s oldest buildings. Still retaining its original Federal period decorative elements (the mantles, windows, and door trim are still intact), the structure illustrates the evolution of a one-room log cabin into a larger, five-room house. The home sits on land transferred to Allen Urquhart on December 2, 1813.
Although his simple log dwelling was typical of the period, few of these early houses still exist today. Over time, Urquhart and subsequent owners added more rooms to the cabin, and an early twentieth-century barn and privy also survive. Unfortunately, its dilapidated condition is a threat to its survival. Because they value the house and its history, the owners are looking at ways to stabilize it.
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