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The 75.07-acre farm at 2932 Holloway Lane, situated on the south side of Holloway about three miles east of Henderson, is today identified as Parcel 76-3. Its history,…
Henderson Hometown Hero: PFC John Frederick Wilkerson (1924-1945) In Section 22, Lot 1190 at Fernwood Cemetery rests one of Henderson’s own, a young man who left South Alvasia…
114 South Alves Street (Once 124 South Alves) If you stand on South Alves Street and look at 114, you’re looking at more than a Victorian house crowned…
Graham Hill takes its name from James Graham, an early Henderson County resident remembered as a man of good standing and character. According to The Gleaner (June 9,…
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 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 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 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 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) 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)…
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 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…