History

Found on the floor in the basement shortly after the building was chosen as the site for the Pennyroyal Area Museum, these pages provide insight into the construction of this landmark on the downtown streetscape.

The program starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

Modern research shows that the lack of Black doctors helps explain why about 70% of Black people don’t trust their doctors, and why Black people tend to die younger than their white peers.

The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and volunteers from the Kentucky Genealogical Society are reaching out to county clerks to notify them of the opportunity to have their records digitized for free by FamilySearch.

The museum's gathering was the first of three Hopkinsville events planned to celebrate the Eighth of August.

The fact that the Dalton house still had nearly all of its historic windows was a big selling point for Hopkinsville's Grace and Brendan Abernethy, whose restoration efforts now provide lessons for others working on older homes.

“Metamorphosis: Hopkinsville in the 1910s” is the gala theme that organizers hope guests will use to fashion their attire for the evening.

The dress, which is on display at the Pennyroyal Area Museum, is connected to one of the most famous people and one of the most notable events of the early 20th century.

New episodes of "Voices of Hopkinsville: In Their Own Words" will be released every Wednesday on Spotify.

Minister and teacher Robert T. Anderson's work at a South Christian boarding school attracted the attention of Alexander Graham Bell and others more than a century ago, but the story was long forgotten until a New York writer began researching another branch of the Anderson family.

Brick & Mortar Monthly columnist Grace Abernethy uncovers the story of her home becoming a church parsonage 100 years ago this summer.