#roadsidearchitecture

November 1, 2024

Here’s a little secret: In addition to the 496 blog posts on this site, I have a folder of 78 drafts. Most of them have no title, or identifying notations from the preview window, so I must click on each “no title” entry to discover what on earth I saved eight years ago and never (read more)

Category: Warren County

Tags: #bowlinggreenky, #kentuckyarchitecture, #motorcourt, #roadsidearchitecture

February 17, 2023

I love tourist camps and roadside motor courts from the early 20th century, and bemoan the fact that these establishments had all dwindled out of existence before I was born. Or they were not the sort of place my mother would allow us to patronize, which is also highly likely – we were more (read more)

Category: Trimble County

Tags: #kentuckyarchitecture, #roadsidearchitecture, #touristcamp

November 6, 2019

On the north side of Hazard, a large goose holds court along the road, a nest she has maintained for almost 80 years. The Mother Goose House, built by George D. Stacy between 1935 and 1940, is one of my favorite pieces of roadside architecture in Kentucky. Words fail to express how excited I am (read more)

Categories: Kentucky architecture, Perry County, Roadside architecture

Tags: #georgeDstacy, #hazardky, #kentuckyarchitecture, #mothergoosehouse, #roadsidearchitecture

Horse Shoe Cottage Court, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Possible Tourist Camp, Trimble County, Kentucky

The Mother Goose House, Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky

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