Every historic building has a story to tell
In 1911, a new, two-story brick building went up on East 9th Street – home to a movie theater named “Photoplay Place. ” Described as “one of the handsomest theatres in this part of the State,” the theater could seat around 600 people. Disaster struck, however, when the theater burned in 1918, during a showing (read more)
Category: Christian County
Tags: #historicmovietheater, #hopkinsvilleky, #kentuckyarchitecture, #movietheater
The Leonard Cox House stands out among its 19th century neighbors in the Northside Historic District. It’s not because of the hipped red tile roof (which is awesome), but for the Arts and Crafts/Prairie style influence of the 2.5-story dwelling, so clearly “other” from the Federal, Italianate, and Richardsonian Romanesque houses within the same block. (read more)
Category: Fayette County
Tags: #historicdistrict, #kentuckyarchitecture, #leonardcox, #lexingtonky, #prairiestyle
Writing has – ever since I mastered the alphabet and the art of reading – been a solace for me. I can’t always write about what troubles my soul, however, and today finds me with my emotions in a maelstrom. The logical step, other than liberal applications of tea, chocolate, tears, and a good walk, (read more)
Category: Boyd County
Tags: #kentuckyarchitecture, #oldhouses
The statement about Kentucky being a “fly-over state” has always irritated me, with the casual presumption in the tone of the speaker indicating that nothing worthwhile exists to see any closer than an airplane’s flight path. But I’ve been guilty of “drive past” excursions on the Interstate Highway System for years. A quick road trip (read more)
Categories: Other Places, West Virginia
Thanks to the magic (ha!) of social media, this blog has some new followers with many questions. Although many Kentucky readers know who I am and my background, I can’t assume that everyone is acquainted with the facts – hence, this primer of sorts on who I am and why this blog (and its associated (read more)
Category: Uncategorized
A great many thoughts clamor through my head whenever I spy an especially interesting historic building. I wonder about the builder, the life story of the owner, and how this particular structure came to exist. In the case of my journey a few years ago through the small town of Gamaliel, Kentucky, I tucked all (read more)
Category: Monroe County
Tags: #gamalielky, #thejacksonhouse
A few days ago, a message appeared in my inbox about a barn being moved on US 27 south of Lexington. I don’t get south of Lexington very often these days, but happily, the one house/barn mover I know is the very same person that moved the barn! Jonathan Judy learned the specialized craft (read more)
Category: Jessamine County
Tags: #barn, #barnmoving, #jonathanjudy
As any student of historic preservation in America will tell you, the historic preservation movement began with a band of women determined to save the home of the nation’s first President. In the 170 years since the founding of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, many women – and men – have dedicated their time, talents, (read more)
Categories: Bourbon County, McCracken County
No one who knows me would characterize me as a quiet person. Nor have I ever been labeled as demure or retiring. Still, when I don my less-than-flattering neon yellow highway safety vest, a liberal coating of mineral sunscreen, (it helps cars see me when my skin glows bright white), my sunglasses, AND my large (read more)
Category: Hickman County
Although I write about houses for a living, most of my daily work does not inspire me to rhapsodize about buildings nor compare them to scrumptious sweet treats. Fortunately, I wander whenever I can, and try to capture historic buildings that do prompt me toward poetry. This delectable delight of a house, built between 1895 (read more)
Category: Bracken County
Tags: #augustaky, #kentuckyarchitecture
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