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Surgical Hospital at Center and Green

Surgical Hospital located on the corner of Center and Green Streets. Dr. Letcher

412 N Elm

Unique brickwork on this house is similar to 1 Clark Street.

A 1956 aerial view looking East from US 41 N.

A 1956 aerial view looking East from US 41 N. Electric Motors, at right, and KY Gasoline Transport Service are visible. Electric Motors, 2204 US 41 N, is…

825 Woodspoint

825 Woodspoint in the Grantwood Hills Subdivision.

Mayors

Mayors of Henderson: William B. Vanzandt (Vansant) 1854Martin S. Hancock 1854-1859Ed G. Hall 1860-1862David Banks 1862-1865P. B. Matthews 1866-1868E. L. Starling 1868-1874Jacob Held 1874-1875John C. Atkinson 1875-1879Frances M….

Windy’s Lunch

William O. and Verna Windhaus and daughter Eleanor Windhaus Tillotson (right) at Windy’s at 509 Atkinson Street, across from Atlas Tack, in 1944.

Various ‘settlements’ and nicknames for sections of town

“Redbanks” is surely a name everyone has heard before; it’s the name of the settlement here before Henderson was established. Here are a few more that you may…

Audubon School

Audubon School was constructed at Clay and Letcher streets in 1906 to fulfill the promise the City of Henderson made when it annexed the Audubon community. At its…

Grantwood Hills Subdivision

Grantwood Hills Subdivision was developed in the 1960’s by Floyd H. Grant Jr. Surrounded by Audubon Park, the subdivision offers beautiful wooded lots.Roads include: Morningside Drive, Woodspoint Drive,…

Our Favorite Recipes by Methodist Hospital Auxiliary

Our Favorite Recipes by Methodist Hospital Auxiliary It was at the suggestion of two civic minded men that the idea of a Hospital Auxiliary was born. With the…

W W Blackwell Supreme Chancellor

W W Blackwell, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, 1885.

Reliable Dry Cleaners

Reliable Dry Cleaners at the corner of Washington and Holloway streets. This building later became Payne’s Dry Cleaning. Buddy and Wanda Watson owned the business. They also owned…