Every historic building has a story to tell
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
I’ve been known to drive slowly through a town, peering up and down streets for rooflines that may catch my eye, or distinctive architectural details visible through a tangle of powerlines and traffic lights. A small brick building with a front gable orientation and a bevy of brackets at the cornice line fairly screamed at (read more)
Category: Wolfe County
Tags: #camptonky, #kentuckyarchitecture, #lawyer, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces
In 1890, William Miller, a 37 year old native of LaRue County, and a cashier at the newly formed LaRue County Deposit Bank, set about building a house for his family. Although there is little information available about the builder or the origins of the design, Miller’s house was certainly a fashionable statement for the (read more)
As a frequent traveler along Interstate 64 eastbound, usually traveling to Virginia and points beyond, I’ve passed through Boyd County, Kentucky at least 100 times. But I’ve spent very little time in Ashland, its largest town, and the downtown streets are definitely worth wandering. Last fall, I played pedestrian for an hour or so in (read more)
Category: Boyd County
Tags: #ashlandky, #kentuckyarchitecture, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces
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)
I have a confession to make. Although we are in a “new media” age, I remain dedicated to newspapers, and everyday, as I have for years, I read the comics – all of them. I was not expecting the melodramatic and long-running Rex Morgan, M.D. to contain a mention to my profession this morning. Yes, (read more)
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