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Historic Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County

Steve G. Gabany

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Description:The first edition of this book was published more than 25 years ago, in 1982, under the title Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County. It was written by Camille Wells, Ph.D., who was an employee of the then-Kentucky Heritage Commission. That book and others like it covering other Kentucky counties were the result of a joint state-federal project to catalog all buildings in Kentucky that were at least 50 years old and worthy of efforts to preserve them.The first edition of the book surveyed 118 residential and commercial sites. Of those, 27 no longer exist. The remaining 91 have been updated and are included here. Additionally, 128 new properties are included in this second edition for a total of 219 residences and businesses. Color photographs were taken of all new and previous buildings, replacing the black and white images in the first edition.Some significant events have transpired in Paducah over the past 25 years that have had an impact on the city’s and county’s architecture. Primary among the changes are efforts to revitalize some of the city’s commercial and residential neighborhoods. Since these endeavors began after the first edition of this book was published, they were not included. Renovations in Downtown, Lower Town, Fountain Avenue and Upper Town have had a dramatic impact on the preservation of historically-important residential and commercial properties, and many of those renovated sites are included here.Over the same period of time, 27 historic buildings included in the first edition no longer exist. It stands to reason that additional buildings in the city and county are gone, as well. Some, such as virtually all of the properties along the 200-block of South First and Second streets were razed in order to provide land for other buildings — in this case, the Luther F. Carson Center. Others, such as a log cabin off Krebs Road in the county and described by Dr. Wells as perhaps the oldest recorded residence in McCracken County, partially collapsed of its own volition some years back. The owners, fearing for the safety of members of the surrounding community, tore the remainder down. It seems certain that this fate and disasters such as fire, rain and wind destroyed additional historic buildings in the city and county.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Historic Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County. To get started finding Historic Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The first edition of this book was published more than 25 years ago, in 1982, under the title Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County. It was written by Camille Wells, Ph.D., who was an employee of the then-Kentucky Heritage Commission. That book and others like it covering other Kentucky counties were the result of a joint state-federal project to catalog all buildings in Kentucky that were at least 50 years old and worthy of efforts to preserve them.The first edition of the book surveyed 118 residential and commercial sites. Of those, 27 no longer exist. The remaining 91 have been updated and are included here. Additionally, 128 new properties are included in this second edition for a total of 219 residences and businesses. Color photographs were taken of all new and previous buildings, replacing the black and white images in the first edition.Some significant events have transpired in Paducah over the past 25 years that have had an impact on the city’s and county’s architecture. Primary among the changes are efforts to revitalize some of the city’s commercial and residential neighborhoods. Since these endeavors began after the first edition of this book was published, they were not included. Renovations in Downtown, Lower Town, Fountain Avenue and Upper Town have had a dramatic impact on the preservation of historically-important residential and commercial properties, and many of those renovated sites are included here.Over the same period of time, 27 historic buildings included in the first edition no longer exist. It stands to reason that additional buildings in the city and county are gone, as well. Some, such as virtually all of the properties along the 200-block of South First and Second streets were razed in order to provide land for other buildings — in this case, the Luther F. Carson Center. Others, such as a log cabin off Krebs Road in the county and described by Dr. Wells as perhaps the oldest recorded residence in McCracken County, partially collapsed of its own volition some years back. The owners, fearing for the safety of members of the surrounding community, tore the remainder down. It seems certain that this fate and disasters such as fire, rain and wind destroyed additional historic buildings in the city and county.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Historic Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County. To get started finding Historic Architecture of Paducah and McCracken County, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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