October 2022 – Gardens to Gables

October 19, 2022

Someone once asked me how I find all of the historic buildings I share via this blog and social media. The easy answer is that wherever I am, I find the middle of town – the courthouse square and historic district – and explore out from that point. The best way is to walk, but (read more)

Category: Knox County

Tags: #barbourvilleky, #historichouse, #kentuckyarchitecture

October 18, 2022

Last Thursday, October 13, 2022, the former Olympia Christian Church in Olympia, Kentucky, collapsed. It’s been decades since hymns rang out in its sanctuary, or celebrations spilled forth from its double entry doors. Now it belongs to memory. I wrote about the church in a blog post in June 2019, when vines snaked up the (read more)

Categories: Bath County, Churches

Tags: #historicchurch, #kentuckyarchitecture, #olympiaKY, #ruralchurchesofkentucky, abandoned

October, 2022

T-Plan with Two-Story Porch, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky

The Demise of the Olympia Christian Church, Circa 1880-2022, Bath County, Kentucky

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