This Place Matters

May 7, 2018

My mind has swum with stories and names since, I feel, before I was born. Somehow, the storytelling urge passed to me, and I cloaked it in various academic guises first as an English major and then during my graduate school days. I never thought to enter those stories myself, but quite by chance (if (read more)

Categories: Kentucky architecture, Kentucky history

Tags: historic preservation, old house restoration, This Place Matters

February 16, 2018

I keep telling myself that all of this rain could be snow…but it’s not really helping. Due to the soggy blanket of rain draped over Central Kentucky this morning, we are pushing the Heart Bombing at the Palmer Pharmacy Building in Lexington, Kentucky, back to 4 pm today, Friday, February 16, 2018. This should allow (read more)

Categories: African American History, Fayette County

Tags: Dr. Zirl Plamer, heart bombing, Palmer Pharmacy, This Place Matters

May 1, 2016

May 1, 2016. You may have many items on your calendar for today, and for the rest of the month. My old Farmer’s Almanac calendar (you can take the girl off of the farm, but you cannot remove the farm from the girl) informs me that it is May Day, or Beltane, the Gaelic holiday (read more)

Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Kentucky architecture, National Register of Historic Places

Tags: historic preservation, Kentucky places, Kentucky preservation, Preservation Month, This Place Matters

Moving Into History

Palmer Pharmacy Heart Bombing

This Place Matters: Preservation Month 2016

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