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Bates House

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This timber framed Greek Revival-style house, built in the mid-1850s, was constructed from hand-hewn lumber and connected with wooden pegs. It was the home of Rev. James Wesley Bates, a Methodist minister and railroad Conductor, for whom the town of Batesville was named.
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