Every historic building has a story to tell
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)
Vicco, Kentucky, nestled in the Carr Fork Valley in eastern Perry County, gained national fame in 2013 when it became the smallest town in the country to pass a ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. It was the first time I’d heard of the former coal mining town, which was renamed Vicco in 1923 (read more)
Category: Perry County
Tags: historic movies, movie theater
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
Historic real estate advertising is one of those rabbit holes I tumble happily into while researching (usually researching other topics entirely). In 1923, a handsome brochure was published in Lexington, Kentucky, announcing the development of new subdivision known as Castlewood. The lots were part of what had been the Loudoun estate, a farm anchored by (read more)
Category: Fayette County
Tags: A.J. Davis, Annie Clay Goodloe Leonard, Castlewood, John McMurtry, Judge J. F. Bailey, Loudoun House
In the years following the Civil War, churches served as the focal point of many African American communities. The church was not only a place for worship and prayer, but a foundation for forging a stronger community that included education and the preservation of cultural identity. Sometimes the church and the school occupied the same (read more)
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