Every historic building has a story to tell
For as long as I can remember, a dry sink in the corner of the den of my childhood home has held stacks and stacks of photograph albums. As a little girl, I delighted in rifling through them, asking questions, peering into the faces of long-gone relatives, and excitedly pointing out sights I could identify. (read more)
What’s the best thing for historic houses? To be a home, to be occupied, to be a place of life and energy. For that to happen, houses that may need a little love and affection must be purchased by someone who loves old houses. Here are some listings for historic houses for under $100,000 that (read more)
Category: Historic Houses for Sale
A historic building is so much more than its form, materials, or decorative accents that catch the eye. Buildings hold and tell the stories of people, a community, and even an industry. I shared an image of a sign from the 1930s advertising Oertel’s Beer the other day, and a reader’s question: “what was Oertel’s?” (read more)
Categories: Jefferson County, Louisville
Tags: beer, breweries, Louisville KY, Oertel's beer
USGS topographic maps are like a portal to the past. If you’ve never poured over one, examining the names of long-vanished communities, meandering creeks, and local landmarks like churches, schools, and cemeteries, then you’re missing out on a free and fun form of entertainment (in my opinion at least). I was scouting out such a (read more)
Categories: Lawrence County, Schools
Tags: historic schools, Kentucky one-room schools, Louisa KY, one-room school
During my senior year at Centre College, I had an internship in Perryville, Kentucky. Despite being an English major, I was becoming more and more obsessed with history, and when I wasn’t conducting deed research (the real point of my internship), I was haunting the buildings of Merchant’s Row (one of the only surviving 19th-century (read more)
Category: Boyle County
Tags: Battle of Perryville, Dr. Polk, Heritage Tourism, Perryville
Gardening, in my opinion, is one of the best exercises in hope and faith one can practice. I know that my garden helped get me through the jolts and displacement of 2020, and while the calendar proclaims the new year…there’s still a bumpy road ahead for many of us. So I plan on continuing to (read more)
Tags: Kentucky gardens, Margery Fish, New Year
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