#paducahky

April 16, 2025

The circa 1894 Covington Brothers Wholesale Grocery Building in Paducah, Kentucky, at the corner of Jefferson and North Third Streets, is facing a likely emergency demolition. Is there anyone in Paducah who could go take some photographs of all elevations of the building for me before its destruction? The three story brick building, home (read more)

Category: McCracken County

Tags: #demolitionbyneglect, #kentuckyarchitecture, #paducahky

February 6, 2024

In 1960, the city of Paducah voted to buy the Katterjohn Building for its new City Hall. That plan never transpired, but the 1919 building, the former Illinois Central Hospital, was saved by George Katterjohn, Jr., a Paducah native and contractor. A successful adaptive reuse project turned the former hospital into medical offices. But that (read more)

Category: McCracken County

Tags: #illinoiscentralhospital, #illinoiscentralrailroad, #katterjohnbuilding, #paducahky

January 22, 2020

There’s a handsome (if a little careworn) house with a corner tower across from Kolb Park in Paducah, Kentucky. In 1888, this brick Queen Anne dwelling was the height of fashion, constructed for a German immigrant named Louis Kolb at a time when transportation improvements and an expansion of the city limits bolstered the city’s (read more)

Category: McCracken County

Tags: #frankkolb, #kolbdrug, #kolbhouse, #paducahky, #queenannestyle, Kolb House

October 17, 2018

In 1935, the economy of Paducah, Kentucky, hummed along – and if there was a soundtrack playing in the background, it would have been the noise of train engines. The Illinois Central Railroad operated one of the nation’s largest locomotive repair shops in Paducah, spread out over 110 acres on the south side of Kentucky (read more)

Categories: Kentucky architecture, McCracken County

Tags: #duplex, #duplexbungalow, #illinoiscentralrailroad, #kentuckyarchitecture, #kithouses, #paducahky, #searsroebuckco, Illinois Central Railroad

Wrecking Ball Watch: Covington Brothers Wholesale Grocery Building, Paducah, Kentucky

Wrecking Ball Watch: The Katterjohn Building, Paducah, Kentucky

The Louis Kolb House, Paducah, Kentucky

A Duplex Bungalow in Paducah, Kentucky

Exploring with Gardens to Gables

Subscribe to Gardens to Gables via Email

Follow me on Twitter @Gardenstogables

Archives