Kentucky Heritage Council - SHPO

07/20/2024

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07/19/2024

Congratulations to Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Inc. in Louisville for receiving
National Trust for Historic Preservation grant funding for Chickasaw Park.

In 1923 the Olmsted Brothers were hired to design Chickasaw Park for the nearby neighborhoods. It is believed that Chickasaw Park was the only municipal park designed by the entire Olmsted firm, from 1883 to 1979, to serve African Americans during the time of segregation.

Until Louisville Parks were desegregated in 1955, Chickasaw Park was the only park to offer recreational space and park amenities to the Black community in the area.

The Olmsted Park system was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust, is thrilled to announce $3 million in funding to protect 30 sites of African American history across the country. These grants will advance ongoing preservation activities at historic homes, schools, museums, and landscapes that represent African American cultural heritage.

Amongst this year’s grantees are sites honoring the pivotal contributions of African American women, architects, athletes, and educators who broke barriers and helped build their communities.

This year’s list also includes the second iteration of Conserving Black Modernism grants designed to protect and raise awareness around the work of African American architects. These sites will receive $1.2 million in preservation funding through the Action Fund with the generous support and partnership of the Getty Foundation.

We are grateful to the Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Getty Foundation and the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation for making this work possible.

Meet the grantees: https://ow.ly/uMEe50SCJaG

07/19/2024

Want to learn more about Franklin County's Ancient American Indian history? Check out this lecture by Gwynn Henderson, a member of the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission.

Kentucky's Ancient American Indian History, as Told Through Franklin County's ArchaeologyAfter laying to rest the myths that continue to circulate about Kent...

07/19/2024

The Kentucky Arts Council, the Kentucky Heritage Council, and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission announce a call to Native American artists living in Kentucky to submit visual art for consideration in an exhibit.

The goals of this exhibit are to share expressions of Native Americans’ experiences in Kentucky today, and recognize that Native American individuals, families and communities are here and have lived in Kentucky all along.

Artwork will be chosen by a panel of Native American Kentuckians. This exhibit will be displayed in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort in October and November 2024, then travel to locations across Kentucky through May 2025.

Please share with your friends who might be interested in submitting art pieces.

To find out more and submit artwork for consideration, please click the link below.
http://artscouncil.ky.gov/KAC/Showcasing/NativeAmericanExhibitCall.htm

07/17/2024

The Kentucky portion of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail includes sites such as Big Bone Lick State Historic Site and Locust Grove - Historic Locust Grove, Inc.. Check out the National Park Service website to plan your visit! https://www.nps.gov/lecl/planyourvisit/kentucky.htm

If you’ve ever received a Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail brochure (also known as a “unigrid”), you know it’s one of the largest in the National Park Service. On 24 panels, the brochure provides a timeline and summary of the Lewis and Clark story on one side with a full map of the trail, from Pittsburgh to the Pacific Ocean, on the other. There are more than 25 images and drawings that support the narrative.

Recently, an audio-described version of our brochure was produced to aid those visitors who are blind or visually impaired, which not only provides audio of the text, but also includes descriptions of the images.

The project began in the fall of 2022 when a Lewis and Clark Trail staff member and volunteer participated on a team in the UniDescription Project, led by Dr. Brett Oppegaard, a Professor at University of Hawaii in the School of Communication and Information, who has been collaborating with colleagues in the UH Center on Disability Studies and the National Park Service to create more audio-described material. The team of six learned the art of description, practiced it with challenges that pitted them against other teams in single elimination tournaments, and gave them an opportunity to focus their new skills on the Lewis and Clark Trail brochure.

The result of their work is currently available at https://ow.ly/mIhL50SAjMt.

It will also be available soon on our webpage: https://ow.ly/M54N50SAjMw.

In addition to this audio-described brochure, the Trail’s interpretive staff has prepared Braille-printed booklets of the brochure, tactile maps of the entire Trail route, and a tactile exhibit booklet featuring animals of the Lewis and Clark Trail. Many of our partner visitor centers provide these materials to their guests.

To learn more about the UniDescription program, go to: https://ow.ly/RgU150SAjMv.

Image: NPS

Image Description: A photo of both sides of the printed brochure of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, with the AD (Audio Description) logo.

07/16/2024

The Himler House, in Martin County, Ky., was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. This Appalachian community has quite the story to tell!

For over 100 years, Himler House stood on a hill overlooking Beauty, formerly Himlerville, in Martin County, Kentucky. Once the site of grand Christmas

07/10/2024

Congratulations to Simmons College of Kentucky for receiving a grant from the Heritage & Historic Preservation - NPS Historic Preservation Fund’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program, which focuses on the repair of historic structures on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

As mentioned in the National Park Service press release, the college will rehabilitate Steward Hall, one of two remaining buildings built during the college’s peak period in 1924. The architect and builder Samuel Plato is a celebrated Black architect who also graduated from Simmons College. The grant funds will be used to rehabilitate windows and doors as well as provide foundation repairs and tuckpointing.

📷Steward Hall, 1924, from 1976 National Register of Historic Places nomination form.

07/09/2024

2024 History of Equal Rights Grant Program (HER) is currently accepting applications - check it out!

07/09/2024

As Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site, Kentucky celebrates 20 years and Kentucky State Parks celebrates 100 years, it’s a great time to stop by the site’s museum. ⚱️ On July 13, Wickliffe will host a special Pottery Program demonstrating how Mississippian Native Americans used natural clay for everyday uses. You can make a pinch pot of your own! Free with museum admission. For more info, visit parks.ky.gov.
Kentucky State Parks

07/05/2024

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚? Visit https://archaeology.ky.gov to learn more about the diversity and richness of Kentucky's archaeological record.

One such site is 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, this site was excavated by The University of Kentucky during the Great Depression from February 1939 until April 1940 as part of the WPA program. https://archaeology.ky.gov/Find-a-Site/Pages/Annis.aspx

Learn more about Annis and other Kentucky archeological sites at www.archaeology.ky.gov



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07/04/2024

Happy from the Kentucky Heritage Council!

Cannons fire 51 times during the Salute to the Nations at the Fort Knox 4th of July Celebration.



Photo by Lindsey Crown from the official Army ROTC Flickr account

07/01/2024

“We work with the historic properties and teach our [Main Street] directors and communities about preservation. We’re kind of your information central to help all these communities.” - Kitty Dougoud, Kentucky Main Street Program Administrator.

𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆'𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 $50,000 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌, By Jenni Glendenning, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky. The article highlights the progress made by the city of Pineville and Main Street Pineville, a Kentucky Main Street partner. Pineville is one of 3 Kentucky Main Street cities to ever receive a T-Mobile Hometown Grant.

June 28, 2024 Pineville has no Main Street, unless you count its pocket park, at 124 Kentucky Ave. (Photos by Jenni Glendenning) Pineville's...

06/30/2024

Our office will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, 2024 in observance of

06/28/2024

Join the Kentucky Historical Society for 4th of July activities!

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06/28/2024

Did you know Kentucky was the first state in the country to develop a statewide LGBTQ+ Historic Context? A project by University of Louisville Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, Fairness Campaign, Kentucky Heritage Council - SHPO, and other dedicated volunteers, utilizing a National Park Service Underrepresented Community Grant Program, which works to diversify nominations submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, funded the effort to recognize the significance of this property related to LGBTQ history in Louisville.

Featured here is the Elks Athletic Club is an eight-story Neoclassical building situated at the southwest corner of South Third and West Chestnut streets in Louisville, Kentucky.

National Historic Register Entry:
https://www.nps.gov/places/elks-athletic-club.htm

06/26/2024

Congratulations to our small businesses in Kentucky who received the 2024 Backing Small Businesses grants! Several awardees are a part of Kentucky Main Street communities.



Main Street America

Congratulations, Backing Small Business Grantees!

500 small business owners across the country have been awarded $10,000 through the Backing Small Businesses grant program presented by American Express and Main Street America. The small businesses receiving grants represent all 50 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. Since launching in 2021, the program has provided over $9 million in grants to 1,180 small business owners nationwide. Later this year, 25 small business grantees will be selected to each receive an additional $30,000 in enhancement grant funding.

Meet the recipients: https://mainstreet.org/the-latest/news/500-small-business-owners-receive-10-000-grants-through-backing-small-businesses-program

06/25/2024

Mike Radeke, Restoration Project Manager, and Nicole Konkol, Site Protection Program Administrator, on a property visit with a landowner who is working to be a great steward of the significant cultural resources on his property.



photo credit: Matt Yagle, KHC Survey Coordinator

06/21/2024

On Saturday, June 22 at 1:00 p.m. CDT Mammoth Cave National Park & Camp Nelson National Monument will host a special event to commemorate and the 160th anniversary of Camp Nelson.

in 1864, the War Department issued General Orders No. 20 which authorized the unrestricted enlistment of African American men in the US Army and established 8 recruiting and training centers in Kentucky including Camp Nelson.

Will Garvin, an enslaved man from Hart County, Kentucky, was one of thousands of African American freedom seekers who self-emancipated by enlisting with the 12th US Colored Heavy Artillery (USCHA) regiment organized at Camp Nelson. Garvin later settled in Edmonson County, Kentucky after the Civil War and worked as a cave guide and explorer in Mammoth Cave. His famous discovery during his time at the cave was the maze-like passage known as “The Corkscrew” which opened a variety of cave tour routes for visitors in the late 1800s.

On Saturday, June 22 at 1:00 p.m. CDT Mammoth Cave National Park & Camp Nelson National Monument will host a special event to commemorate and the 160th anniversary of Camp Nelson. Join us at the outdoor amphitheater in Mammoth Cave National Park for the presentation of a special US flag to members of the 12th USCHA (Reactivated) along with a ceremony to pay tribute to African American soldiers, civilians, and refugees who pursued freedom, equality, and the rights of citizenship.

Find more information at this link: https://www.nps.gov/cane/160th-camp-nelson-anniversary-commemoration.htm

06/21/2024

Congratulations to our Kentucky Main Street town, Pineville! They've been awarded a T-Mobile hometown grant!

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06/20/2024

It's official - has arrived. The is today and tomorrow night is the 🍓 (only happens the day after the summer solstice every 19-20 years). We hope you get out and enjoy all the and has to offer on the longest day of the year.

Kincaid Lake State Park and the Pendleton County Community Wellness Coalition are celebrating with

Kentucky State Parks

06/19/2024

Happy Juneteenth from the Kentucky Heritage Council!

06/17/2024

Kentucky African American Heritage Commission member, Mary C. Woolridge, was among 24 civil rights leaders honored when the UnKnown Project unveiled a new exhibit, “In Our Elders’ Footprints”, over the weekend. Thank you Mary for your commitment to advancing civil rights in Kentucky.

This powerful installation looks at the history of enslaved African Americans as they crossed the river from Kentucky to Indiana to become free.



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Twenty-four of Louisville's elders who impacted civil rights locally were honored with a special art installation near the Ohio River on Saturday.---------Fo...

06/17/2024

Our office will be closed in observance of Juneteenth National Freedom Day on Wednesday, June 19th, 2024.

Learn more about the struggle for emancipation and freedom in Kentucky at the SEEK Museum in Russellville, KY.

06/16/2024

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚!

06/14/2024

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱! Spend your Saturday at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill's Vintage Dad's Day. Vintage baseball, vintage cars & tractor show, vintage tool display, heritage demonstrations, and activities.

Schedule of events: https://shakervillageky.org/events/vintage-dads-day-2/

06/14/2024

On today's date in 1777, the United States approved the design for its first national flag.

The American flag continued to evolve, and the Act of April 4, 1818 provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state.

Although Kentucky was admitted to the United States as its 15th state on June 1, 1792, the star representing Kentucky was not added until 1795.

06/12/2024

Have you heard? Harrodsburg's 250th Celebration is going on now and there are so many opportunities to have fun. Link to full schedule is in the comments!

250th Celebration Festival
Fort Harrod Settlement and Raid
June 13-June 16
Location: Old Fort Harrod State Park

Settlers, natives and traders will be encamped at Fort Harrod and demonstrations going on all day from June 13-16 with a raid on the fort on Saturday, June 15 at 3:00PM.

*This event is FREE to attend*

06/11/2024

Historical sites are plentiful in Kentucky, check out some of our Kentucky State Parks this summer!



KY Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet

Kentucky State Parks turn 100, but the beauty and activities will never grow old. See possibilities for your summer adventure from our trip.

01/24/2024

A statement from the Martin Luther King, Jr. State Commission on the passing of Dexter Scott King.

01/23/2024

Three Kentucky Main Street Communities - London, Middlesboro and Campbellsville - have each been selected as one of 30 communities nationwide, including Puerto Rico, to participate in Main Street America's Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Rural Communities Pilot Program, supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in partnership with Forward Cities.

This program aims to engage, activate, and empower entrepreneurial talent in rural communities so that everyone sees themselves reflected on their Main Street. Participants will identify barriers preventing entrepreneurs from starting or growing local businesses and develop action items to address them.

Along with joining a cohort of national thought leaders and partners, communities will receive a $5,000 seed grant and $1,500 toward professional development certification with the International Economic Development Council. There is also an opportunity for communities to receive additional funding as the program expands.

Congratulations!