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Joseph Abell built this “Main House” on his 600-acre plantation about 1803. In 1846, he died at the age of 94. Legend holds that his ghost still guards treasure buried on the plantation. Famed Louisville surgeon Irwin Abell is a descendent of Joseph Abell. The house is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.
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Middletown, Kentucky · United States
