The Blue Grass Trust’s plaque program makes historic properties in central Kentucky easily recognizable, but they aren’t the only markers…
Each week, the National Park Service transmits a list of properties added to the the National Register of Historic Places.…
Pleasureville Christian Church. Irony in the name? Perhaps. Straddling the line of Henry and Shelby counties is the community of…
Historic Marker 2214 at the Shelby County Courthouse Kentucky has a lot of connections with the famed Lewis and Clark…
Church of the Annunciation On a Sunday visit to Shelbyville, I sought out the local Catholic Church. I walked into…
Shelbyville’s Science Hill School Julia Tevis began in 1825 a college preparatory program for girls in Shelbyville. At the time,…
A few weekends ago me and Peter decided to combine our powers and take a Kentucky 120/No Destination trip through…
The Stanley-Casey House Augustus O. Stanley was born in the above-pictured house in Shelbyille on May 21, 1867, and would…
Also at the intersection of Fifth and Main in downtown Shelbyville is the Shelbyville Fountain, erected in the middle of…
5th & Main, Shelbyville, KY with county courthouse in background In 1792, Kentucky became a Commonwealth, Shelby County split from…