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| Mother Goose House in Hazard, KY - Photo by Jessica Blankenship |
Over the years, I have been fortunate to have visited quite a few sites throughout our wonderful state of Kentucky. I thought I would feature a few of these in a new series, "Only in Kentucky." As you guessed it, you probably will not find anything like these places, objects, and people anywhere else.
In Hazard, Kentucky, you will find the unusual house that even Oprah had to feature on her show. The Mother Goose House is well known among eastern Kentucky folks. George Stacy started working on the house in 1935 and completed it in 1940. He used a goose skeleton to build the home to scale and the rocks are from numerous states, as well as Canada. The windows are egg shaped and a pair of automobile lights are the eyes of the big ole goose.
According to the Hazard, Kentucky, website, "The head of the goose is about 15 feet high. There is a tail at the other end of the roof. It was built in an oval shape to symbolize a nest. Eli Brashear with the Home Lumber Company in Hazard milled the lumber which was numbered and fixed to make the skeleton. Charlie Presnell and Ivis Jones did the stone work, Lee Spalding poured the concrete and Corvitt Brown supervised the woodwork. The goose, which now serves as an apartment, has three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bath, dining room, and large family room."
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| Mother Goose House in Hazard, KY - Photo by Jessica Blankenship |
The address to the Mother Goose House is 2906 N Main Street, Hazard, KY 41701. To get to the Mother Goose House from the west, you will take KY-80/Hal Rogers Parkway east towards Hazard. You will take Exit 59 and turn right onto KY-80/KY-15. You will continue on this route and then turn right onto KY-476, which is also North Main Street. The house will be on your left.
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| Mother Goose House in Hazard, KY - Photo by Jessica Blankenship |
