Tag Archive for ‘Kentucky’
September 3, 2010 Weekly Wrapper
The Abandoned Weekly Wrapper is brief digest of news regarding abandonments and historic properties for September 3, 2010.
The Flemingsburg and Northern
It’s a rare occasion anymore when I am not stumbling upon an abandoned rail line at least once a week. I was taken in surprise when I stumbled upon the Flemingsburg and Northern not too far from where I grew up and had been oblivious to it’s existence until recently. While tracing out an active [...]
Old Taylor Distillery
Old Taylor Distillery is a defunct distillery located south of Frankfort, Kentucky. Constructed by E.H. Taylor, Jr. in 1887, Old Taylor was known for a fine, quality product that was the first to produce one million cases of straight bourbon whiskey.
Beautiful, rainy days
Following up from the last blog post, “Beautiful, sunny days,” I spent Sunday, March 28 wandering the back roads of Kentucky with a good friend photographing a well-visited tobacco processing plant, a historic residence and a tuberculosis hospital. The day, unlike my prior trip, was speckled with downpours and consistently low- and dark-hanging clouds, although there was interment sunshine mid-day.
Parker Tobacco being demolished
It is with some sadness that the Parker Tobacco Company is being demolished.
Began by Alex Parker, Sr., along with Frazer LeBus, Frank Vaughn and Fall City Tobacco of Louisville in 1932, Parker Tobacco was a tobacco redrying and threshing plant that became a large tobacco leaf purchasing, processing, marketing and commercial storage operation. It featured [...]
A trip through eastern Kentucky
There are days that I like to hit the open road and explore. I just wish my planning skills were somewhat better. Granted that I can navigate the back roads very well and I rarely get lost — relying on my Delorme atlases and forgoing modern GPS conveniences, and that I can drive the narrow [...]
Another fire at Parker
A disused warehouse on Elizabeth Street in Maysville, Kentucky caught fire November 6 and resurfaced two days later that totaled the large two-story structure. Portions of the building collapsed onto the adjoining CSX Transportation railroad. The fire, reportedly having started in the basement, is being labeled as “suspicious.”
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A recap at Hayswood
It’s been a while since I paid a visit to Hayswood Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. I headed down to the historic community of 4,000 a week ago to recapture many elements of the hospital, and to focus on the details that I overlooked previously. Along for the exploration was Ashley Duban [...]
Halloween Haunts
It’s almost Halloween. Here are my favorite haunts that you should check out (some legal, some not)!
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