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136 Second Street / Hotel Soaper

The corner-located, six-story, brick masonry, Soaper Hotel, built in 1924, with five-course bonding and stone detailing. The Neo-Classical building has seven bays to Main and nine bays to…

YMCA Main and Third Streets

Located at the SW corner of N Main and Third Street this building was constructed in 1907 and housed the YMCA until the current building on Klutey Park…

Lyne’s Paint Company

Located at 129 N Main Paints, Oils, Varnishes, and Window Glass. When he was 15 years old Henry Lyne stopped school to go to work in his father’s…

Club Trocadero

The Trocadero, also known as “The Troc,” was one of the largest and most elaborate nightclubs in the area. Opened by Clarence Wood in 1939 and located on…

129 N Main

Constructed in 1873, currently the location of Homecrafters. I’ve been connected with the Lyne Paint Company at 129 Main Street for 50 years. My father owned the business…

Dixie Bee Ferry

Dixie Bee Line, the forerunner of U.S. 41. This ferry crossed the Ohio river at the foot of Second Street. Motorists on the highway were kept on track…

Streetcar Ferry

Streetcar transfer ferry that once operated at the site of the current Twin Bridges.

Park Carriage Co

Located on Green Street between First and Second Streets. Park Carriage Co. was started in 1908 by John Delker, who withdrew from the Delker Buggy Co. located next…

A Waller & Co

Successful grain company owned and operated by Aaron Waller. Reference: A Pictorial History Of Henderson And Henderson County, Kentucky, Volumes I & II Published by Gleaner-Journal Publishing 1906…

Henry Pope Jr Swimming Pool

Approximately 1347 Washington Street – Current location of Golden Glaze Bakery. “Children of the employees needed a place to play so around 1960, Bear Brand built a pool…

1205 S Green Street

1205 S Green has been a number of different businesses that include Jimmy’s Drive In, Bob’s Ranch House, Colonel’s Lair, Family Pharmacy, and many others. Google Location

338 S Green

Gas station at the NE corner of S Green and Dixon (MLK) streets, currently Ricks Una Pizza. Reference: A Pictorial History Of Henderson And Henderson County, Kentucky, Volumes…