Centennial Baptist Church - First Baptist Church

Churches of Harrodsburg, Kentucky ...

Centennial Baptist Church - First Baptist Church

The beautiful stained glass above the sanctuary doors.

Centennial Baptist Church was organized in the 1840s. One of the first pastors changed the name to ...

First Baptist Church. Located on Broadway Street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, this current church was built in 1873

The original bell that used to hang in the church's bell tower.


Stone plaque built into brick walls of church -

First Baptist Church

A. D.

1873 - 1907

Cornishville Mill

The photo is of the Old Mill at Cornishville, Kentucky. Built in the mid-19th century, the Old Mill ground wheat and flour for area farmers. The finished product was often stored in the mill's granary until it was withdrawn, a few bags as a time, by the farmer or his family.

(Photo appeared in the "Mercer's Magazine" with permission of Special Collections and Digital Programs, University Kentucky.)

"The Renovation of Cornishville Mill in 1940" submitted by Kandi Prather Adkinson

Gill/McCoun/Beasley House

The photo is from the July 2010 edition of Mercer's Magazine in the series by The James Harrod Trust, "This Place Matters."

Gill/McCoun/Beasley House
Main Street, Salvisa
(Photo JHT)

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JHT - Celebrating 10 years in 2010

All photos and information in this post are courtesy of "The James Harrod Log" - newsletter editor: Rosalind Turner. If you would like more information on JHT, you can do one of the following:

• P.O. 158, Harrodsburg, KY 40330
• Phone: (859) 734-3381
• Or e-mail at: info@jamesharrodtrust.org
  
  

Parkview Guest House Receive JHT Plaques

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mattingly, owners of the Parkview Guest House at 202 S. College Street were presented with a James Harrod Trust sign in June 2010 to denote the significance of their building. Members of the James Harrod Trust in the top picture include, from the left: Jerry Sampson, Amalie Preston, Jack and Kathy Mattingly - owners of the Parkview Guest House - Helen Dedman, Kandi Adkinson, Anna Armstrong, Charlie Mattingly, Carolyn Cole and Mary Rose Quinn. (Photo by Rhianna Robinson) .

Also in the top picture, the Parkview Guest House was originally built before WWII and served as a hospital until 1949. Owner Jack Mattingly purchased the property in 1996.

There are numerous mills in Mercer County in the 1800s and Brewer's Mill (top photo) is the last one that is still intact. (Photo by Rhianna Robinson)

JHT Members present Floying Thompson with a plaque commemorating his efforts to preserve historic Brewer's Mill, which sits on his property. In the bottom left photo are, from the left, Helen Dedman, Floying Thompson, Kandi Adkinson and Amalie Preston. The photo at the right show the four of them talking about the property.

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The Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church

This photos] was shared by James Wheeler and is identified as being The Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Perryville Road as it appeared in 1900. Today's church stands on the same spot, but is not the original building. The gravestones in the photo still exist.



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Old St. Nicholas Church

A reader identified this photo as the old St. Nicholas Church on Irish Ridge Road a Rose Hill. The church was used by Catholics. When the building was torn down in 1944, the congregation began attending St Andrew's Catholic Church in Harrodsburg.

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William McBride House

The William McBride House at the corner of Chiles and East Poplar streets in Harrodsburg was built in 1822. At the top is the way the house formerly looked and at the bottom is a modern day photo of the house.





William McBride, who built the house in 1822, came to Kentucky with his parents and extended family in the late 1788. They claimed land in what is now Boyle Count in the Faulconer Station/Buster Pike area. As a child, McBride lived in Fort Harrod and at age 11, he lost his father and uncle in the Battle of Blue Licks. Even with his rough start in life, he became a successful planter, businessman, early poster, and trustee of the City of Harrodsburg.

To read more about William McBride and the home he built in Harrodsburg, check out the September 2010 edition of the "Mercer's Magazine" available at "The Harrodsburg Herald."

The Men of Mercer County

Thank you for your involvement with "The Women of Mercer County." It was a wonderful success, which is why I am so excited to announce that we are accepting stories for "The Men of Mercer County."

I hope you will send us your stories and photos -- memories -- to use in our latest book. We continue to hear good things about the stories in our first book and I know the next one will be just as good.

You can send your stories to me at this address...I am also including the guidelines (pasted below) for stories and photos! Again thank you for your contribution for "The Women of Mercer County" and I hope to hear from you on "The Men of Mercer County."

Rosalind Turner


Guidelines:

• No original photos. (Get copies made. No photocopies please).

Keep a copy of your story.

• Photos and stories should include the authors name, address and phone number. If you have email, please include that as well and we will keep you updated on the books progress and let you know when the book is being released.

• Photos should also identify people and explain photos if possible.

• STRONGLY PREFER stories electronically – by email or on CD.

• E-mail to: jamesharrodtrust@yahoo.com.

• Mail to: Rosalind Turner at 349 Shawnee Dr., Harrodsburg, KY 40330

• Deliver personally to Carolyn Crump at the Harrodsburg/Mercer County Tourist Commission at the Diamond Point Welcome Center.

• Please submit stories and photos together, if possible.

• JHT will not guarantee the use of all photos when several are submitted

• For historical purposes, please try to include a birth and death date, even if it is just a notation for us to use in the headline.

Dry Branch School - 1938

The photo above is of a second grade class at Dry Branch School in 1938 and was submitted to Mercer's Magazine by James Wheeler.



Students include, front row, left to right, are:
? Beker Doris Traynor Carey, Morris Traynor, Margaret Henderson (deceased), Ralph Ross (deceased), unknown.

Second row, l-r: Margaret Baker Curtsinger, Sara Ross Black, James Wheeler, Beatrice Curtsinger, Morris Baker, and Lowell homas Walters.

Third row, l-r: Alic Traynor, unknown, Bob Baker, William Curtsinger, Cleo Baker (deceases)

Fourth row: l-r, Dorothy Curtsinger, ? Baker, unknown and Vernice Ross. In the back center is the teacher, Dorothy Noel.