George Wood House

Built about 1834, the Wood house is a red brick structure similar to the Barret House. It is built on a slight slope, and the ell is only one story high. The front has been dignified by an impressive two-story gallery, which shelters a fine Federal entrance with elliptical fanlight and sidelights.

George Wood, whose wife was the sister of Kentucky Governor Charles Helm, was active as County Clerk from the time Hart County was formed in 1819.

A member of the Kentucky Military Board during the Civil War, George T. Wood's son - Thomas J. Wood would attain the rank of Union Major General in the Civil War. As a child, Confederate Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner often spent the week here while he attended the local school (a few stops later on our tour).

During the war, Thomas Wood and his friend Buckner would be pitted against each other at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Had the Confederates left Munfordville in September 1862, the two would have met in battle on their old playground.

Next Stop -
Camp Wood