Every historic building has a story to tell
I grew up hearing stories about my paternal grandfather, a native of Bath County, Kentucky ,and the weekly trips he made back home to enjoy the “sweet air” of his home county. Years later, on my first county wide survey as an architectural historian, I spent weeks savoring that sweet air as I helped document (read more)
Category: Bath County
Tags: #kentuckyarchitecture, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces, #sharpsburgky
It’s always a delight to feast my eyes on a historic house that is not only visually appealing, but is well-maintained and not a cause of worry for anyone with a soul deeply attuned to the vagaries of historic preservation. And some houses from the first decade of the 20th century offer such an exuberant (read more)
The railroad town of Midway, Kentucky, is not only endearing, pretty, and charming, but it possesses a depth of interesting historic architecture. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed strolling the quiet streets and taking in a range of architectural styles and types. One curious house that has long intrigued me has now gone on the market, (read more)
Category: Woodford County
Tags: #historicarchitecture, #midwayky, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces
The twin engines of agriculture and transportation (seemingly disparate forces) have shaped and created much of Kentucky. Hanson, Kentucky, located on what used to be the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Western Kentucky, was platted by the railroad and rose to fame for a tobacco brand produced in the town. The “Hanson twist” chewing tobacco (read more)
Category: Hopkins County
Tags: #darktobacco, #HansonKY, #Hansontwist, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces, #railroadtowns
Every profession has its own language and often, its own genre of books. I may be a bit partial, but the books I’ve known and loved dealing with architectural history must be among the best non-fiction tomes ever published. Naming just a small selection of those books is agony (there are so many! I love (read more)
Monday morning deserves a dreamy Queen Anne-Romanesque Revival style house, I think… and the George W. Robson, Jr. house fits the bill! Cincinnati-based architect Samuel E. des Jardins designed this gorgeous dwelling for Robson, an affluent resident of Bellevue, in Campbell County, Kentucky. The 2.5 story brick house has massive stone arches over the second (read more)
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