August, 2016

Posts from August, 2016: 3

Exploring in Maysville, Kentucky: Philip Discovers Phillips Folly

August 23, 2016

One of the perks of being a lover of historic architecture is the complete annihilation of boredom. There is always something new to see and appreciate, even in the most modest and humble of buildings (unless I happen to be stranded in sprawl land, surrounded by a sea of asphalt and new construction. Then I (read more)

Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Kentucky architecture, Kentucky history, National Register of Historic Places

Tags: Mason County Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky, Phillips Folly, stepped gable end parapet, William B. Phillips

For the Living and the Dead: The Historic Tradition of Family Reunions

August 16, 2016

I’ve never shied away from “purple prose” in my own writing, and I find the language in the historic newspapers to be the heights of delightful floridity.This past weekend, my family celebrated its 123rd annual (or 122nd, we’re not exactly sure) reunion – a long-standing tradition full of history, but to many folks today, as (read more)

Category: Kentucky history

Tags: Central Kentucky, Clark County Kentucky, family reunions, Kentucky, Oil Springs

A Late (and Humid) July Sojourn in Mobile, Alabama

August 1, 2016

I’ve never really considered Kentucky to be a purely southern state – one of the things I love most about this Commonwealth, in addition to its geographic contradictions, is its ability to defy categorization and labels. And after spending five days in Mobile, Alabama, I return to the Bluegrass thankful that we are not the (read more)

Categories: Alabama architecture, Architecture, Historic Preservation, National Register of Historic Places, Tourism

Tags: African American Heritage Trail, History Museum of Mobile, Mardi Gras, Mobile Alabama, Mobile architecture, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, USSS Alabama

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