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Gibson’s Furniture Store: Furnishing Henderson Homes on First Street A crowd fills the sidewalk and spills into First Street. Automobiles line the curb, a mattress stands above the…
Kockritz Leather Goods Established in 1888, Kockritz Leather Goods operated at 318–320 Second Street in Henderson. Originally known as the Henderson Saddlery Company, it grew from a maker…
Silk Culture in Henderson County, Kentucky By Spalding Trafton Some thirty-eight years after the dawn of the Nineteenth Century when the Course of the Empire was taking its…
614 N Green Today, it’s home to Dave’s Pizza, but the address has quite a history beyond pizza. These old newspaper clippings offer a few glimpses into its…
From telephone calls to jail cells, this little brick building had quite a history! Before Henderson’s current judicial center occupied the site, this building at 11 S. Main…
W. W. Williams: Dry Goods, Millinery, and a Henderson Merchant’s Life Silk laces, folding fans, fashionable shoes, and hats trimmed with ribbons and feathers: the advertisements of W….
The Cline Photographs of Henderson The photographs and postcards bearing the “Cline Photo” name preserve detailed views of Henderson’s streets, businesses, churches, and public buildings. This page brings…
Walker’s Radio and Electric Service located on Lincoln Ave. If you know when this business was open or what address, please send us a message.
Bradshaw Furniture Company was part of Henderson’s mid-century business community, operating at Second and Clark streets. A surviving advertisement, identified as dating from approximately 1955, promoted the store…
Stella’s Place Stella’s Place was a nightclub serving Henderson’s Black community on Highway 41 south of the city. Newspaper references identify its operator as Stella Jones, while a…
220–224 North Elm Street: From the Bethel House to the Polk Apartments At 224 North Elm Street, an Italianate brick house with tall windows, decorative hoods, and a…
The DeLuxe Inn In the 1940s, the DeLuxe Inn was a nightclub on Country Club Road south of Henderson that served the area’s Black community. A contemporary advertisement…