Tag: East End

A. C. Bowles Grocery and Meat Market

A. C. Bowles Grocery and Meat Market was located at 1400 Powell Street.

1401 Powell

The building at 1401 Powell Street was constructed in 1913 by contractors Stewart & McMullin for the Silverman Dry Goods Co., owned and operated by Maurice (Morris) Silverman…

The Audubon Theater

Audubon Theater located in the 100 block of Letcher. The Audubon Theater By Martha Alma Martin Mitchell On April 17, 1921, I married Edward Preston Mitchell, born September…

Audubon School / Audubon Kids

A little piece of history I found interesting. Over 100 years ago in 1906, Audubon Public School was located in the 1300 block of Powell Street, almost exactly…

Sam Stone

Sam Stone was a cobbler who ran a store at 1322 Powell Street for 33 years. Sam Stone died 22 September 1951 and was buried at Mt Pisgah…

Powell and Letcher

207 Letcher / 1330 Powell

207 Letcher Street (1330 Powell) opened as Troutman and Burris Shell Service Station. William Troutman and Rudy Burris were owner operators. It is currently the location of Bodega…

100 block Letcher

100 block of Letcher street. Visible is Bee’s Beauty Shop, Golden Glaze Bakery, and Dave’s Jewelry Shop. First two photos are looking North towards Washington street, taken from…

East End Aerial

Visible in this aerial photo of the Audubon and East End is the Louisville & Nashville and Illinois Central railroad tracks, Home Oil & Gas bulk plant, Audubon…

Henderson Cotton Mill

Henderson Cotton Mill was the city’s largest industry during the 19th century. It was built in 1883, at a cost of $400,000, with a main building 324 feet…

Life in the East End by Bill Burton

Henderson neighborhood a special place for blue-collar kid in ’40s, ’50s By BILL BURTON A sense of place and community are important to us all, and I suppose…

Audubon Missionary Baptist Church

214 Letcher Street Now the site of East End Water Park Reference: WKU Kentucky Museum