Grace Abernethy

Grace Abernethy is a historic preservationist and artist who specializes in caring for and recreating historic architectural finishes. She earned her Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Clemson University in 2011 and has worked on historic buildings throughout the eastern United States. Abernethy was a recipient of the South Carolina Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation Award in 2014 and won 2nd place in the Charles E. Peterson Prize for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 2011. She and her husband, Brendan, moved to Hopkinsville from Nashville in 2020. She works as an independent contractor and is a board member of the Hopkinsville History Foundation.

In the most recent installment of Brick & Mortar Monthly, Grace Abernethy highlights the lives of Sarah and Margaret Dalton.
By Grace Abernethy
dalton house music room
At a time when there were only a few Hopkinsville homes with cars, the forward-thinking Monroe Dalton built a house with a garage.
By Grace Abernethy
Dalton-house-side-1
In the second part of a three-part Black History Month series about Dr. Phillip Brooks, Grace Abernethy explores the history of the property where Brooks built Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.
By Grace Abernethy
Brooks Memorial Hospital, at South Virginia and East Second streets,  its doors in 1977. (Photo by Grace Abernethy)
The Dalton brothers' legacy can be seen in the brickwork of historic buildings throughout downtown Hopkinsville.
By Grace Abernethy
brick-and-mortar
The kitchen, along with quarters for cooks who worked in the Dalton house, reveal more stories about the historic Seventh Street house.
By Grace Abernethy
A view of the side of the Dalton house. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
When it comes to the Colonial Revival architectural style, there is more than meets the eye, writes historic preservationist Grace Abernethy.
By Grace Abernethy
entry transom
Grace and Brendan Abernethy, transplants from Nashville, were looking for a "good wreck" of an old house when they found their place on East Seventh Street in Hopkinsville.
By Grace Abernethy
Dalton house
Grace Abernethy, a historic preservationist and artist who will soon start a monthly Hoptown Chronicle column "Brick and Mortar Monthly,” provides readers with a primer on historic properties, including how they are defined, relevant terminology, available resources and options for funding assistance. 
By Grace Abernethy
Grace and Brendan Abernethy in front of historic marker on building
In the most recent installment of Brick & Mortar Monthly, Grace Abernethy highlights the lives of Sarah and Margaret Dalton.
By Grace Abernethy
dalton house music room
At a time when there were only a few Hopkinsville homes with cars, the forward-thinking Monroe Dalton built a house with a garage.
By Grace Abernethy
Dalton-house-side-1
In the second part of a three-part Black History Month series about Dr. Phillip Brooks, Grace Abernethy explores the history of the property where Brooks built Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.
By Grace Abernethy
Brooks Memorial Hospital, at South Virginia and East Second streets,  its doors in 1977. (Photo by Grace Abernethy)
The Dalton brothers' legacy can be seen in the brickwork of historic buildings throughout downtown Hopkinsville.
By Grace Abernethy
brick-and-mortar
The kitchen, along with quarters for cooks who worked in the Dalton house, reveal more stories about the historic Seventh Street house.
By Grace Abernethy
A view of the side of the Dalton house. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
When it comes to the Colonial Revival architectural style, there is more than meets the eye, writes historic preservationist Grace Abernethy.
By Grace Abernethy
entry transom
Grace and Brendan Abernethy, transplants from Nashville, were looking for a "good wreck" of an old house when they found their place on East Seventh Street in Hopkinsville.
By Grace Abernethy
Dalton house
Grace Abernethy, a historic preservationist and artist who will soon start a monthly Hoptown Chronicle column "Brick and Mortar Monthly,” provides readers with a primer on historic properties, including how they are defined, relevant terminology, available resources and options for funding assistance. 
By Grace Abernethy
Grace and Brendan Abernethy in front of historic marker on building