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James S. Alves & Joe B. Alves Addition to the City

On May 4, 1907, a neatly drafted subdivision plat was recorded in Deed Book 39, Page 190, marking the creation of the “Jas. S. & Joe B. Alves…

LONGSHOTS 4-9-50

LONGSHOTS by W. G. SCHOEPFLIN Sunday April 9, 1950 And this is another Easter and a very happy one to all of you. It is the one day…

300 Rudy

300 Rudy Avenue is a large two-story frame residence built in 1903, reflecting the early residential development of Henderson’s South side. The home contains approximately 2,750 square feet…

Edward Harlib White

Edward Harlib WhiteU.S. Marine Corps, World War II Edward Harlib White was born on November 30, 1922, in Marion, Kentucky, and spent part of his youth in Henderson,…

Bald Hill – Ball Hill

Bald Hill was a well-known early Henderson neighborhood, named for its elevated, once tree-sparse ridge just east of downtown. Late-1800s and early-1900s newspapers regularly referenced Bald Hill as…

Henderson County (1905)

Henderson County (1905) Revised 1905 by J. H. Powell From the Sixteenth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics of the State of Kentucky (1904–1905)…

Buchholz and Vogel Enlargement

The Buchholz and Vogel Enlargement was a late-19th-century subdivision addition that helped extend the City of Henderson eastward during a period of steady growth. The addition was named…

701 Pennel Street

701 Pennel Street has quietly stood at the center of Henderson’s industrial story for more than half a century. Constructed in 1961, the massive warehouse and manufacturing complex…

124 N McKinley

This unassuming stretch of McKinley Street once anchored a pair of long-running, family-operated businesses that served generations of Henderson residents. By the mid-20th century, Jack Bentley Lumber Co….

McClain Cemetery

McClain Cemetery is located somewhere off Wathen Lane, though I have not been able to locate it. Mr Blue documented 20 graves, each which match a death certificate,…

206 S Ingram

206 South Ingram Street is a two-story brick residence dating to about 1875, reflecting the sturdy domestic architecture of post-Civil War Henderson. Early newspaper notices show the home…

A Sudden Death

THE REPORTER, HENDERSON, KY. MARCH 15, 1881 A SUDDEN DEATH Lucy Washington Goes to Sleep Friday Afternoon and Opens Her Eyes in the Kingdom Come Late Friday afternoon…