Dr. Nathan Gaither House
Dr. Nathan Gaither House | |
| Location | 100 S. High St., Columbia, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°06′15″N 85°18′28″W / 37.10417°N 85.30778°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1814 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000956 |
| Added to NRHP | March 21, 1979 |
The Dr. Nathan Gaither House, at 100 S. High St. in Columbia, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
It was a home of Dr. Nathan Gaither (1788–1862), who became a doctor and volunteered to receive the smallpox vaccination under development by Edward Jenner. Gaither served as a surgeon in the War of 1812 and settled in Columbia by the end of that war. He served as a doctor and in politics: as an elected member of the Kentucky legislature from 1815 to 1818, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1833.