Union Gen. Edward Henry Hobson, who captured Gen. John Hunt Morgan at Buffington Island, Ohio, lived in this Federal style brick one-and-one-half story house with a central passage both before and after the Civil War. The house was originally built for Hobson’s father, Capt. William Hobson, in 1823, and like many Federal style buildings in Kentucky, it was later updated in the Greek Revival style of the antebellum period with the addition of a four-columned portico and other details. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. After the war, Hobson became a Republican, was appointed collector of internal revenues for the fourth district by President Ulysses S. Grant, served as vice-president of the 1888 Republican National Convention, and was married to Kate Adair, a niece of Kentucky Governor John Adair.