Funk's Branch aka Cherry Springs Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/2/2004
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Traditional cache in a very urban area but with much historical significance.



At the coordinates above you will find several restaurants, a car dealership, and a house that is recorded on the National Register of Historic Places as Funk's Branch house aka Cherry Springs. (added 1983 - Building - #83004594). Here's a little history and some photos courtesy of Joellen Tyler Johnston's "Jeffersontown, Kentucky The first 200 years."

While most early settlers had to content themselves with modest houses, a few were wealthy enough to not only purchase fine land but to construct fine homes as well. One of the first such homes in the Jeffersontown area was this one built about 1795 by either John Funk or his son Peter. Peter inherited his father's farm in 1817, named it Avon and had a race track constructed here. The house, at 9011 Taylorsville Road, is similar to those at Locust Grove and Soldier's Retreat. Today it is used commercially.

The house as of 12/03

A lovely curving lane provided entrance from Taylorsville Road for many years until the road front was altered for commercial development. After the property was sold out of the Funk Family in the 20th century, new owners changed the name to Cherry Springs.
An apparently dual purpose structure, the Funk's two-story stone springhouse has a chimney at one end and still stands near the intersection of Taylorsville Road and Hurstbourne Lane. According to oral tradition, it may have been used as a school at one time.


So while in the area, please take in this historic site. Original contents include items for decorating a table or using in the kitchen. First finder, please help yourself to the large candle.

If you enjoyed this historical cache then see my historical marker caches:
Tyler Settlement Cache
Soldier's Retreat 1 Cache
Soldier's Retreat 2 Cache
Perryville Prelude
Bashford Manor
Petersburg
Griffytown
Fort William
Fern Creek HS
Chenoweth Massacre

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh znl unir gb fgenqqyr gur fcevat gb cvpx guvf pureel.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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