Brick & Mortar Monthly

Brick & Mortar Monthly, a column that follows one couple’s efforts to preserve a historic Hopkinsville home, is published monthly. It is written by Grace Abernethy, an artist and preservationist who purchased the old Dalton home, 713 E. Seventh St., with her husband Brendan in March 2023.

Dalton House served as backdrop to daily life for sisters Sarah and Margaret

by Grace Abernethy
March 26, 2024

In the most recent installment of Brick & Mortar Monthly, Grace Abernethy highlights the lives of Sarah and Margaret Dalton.

A house for a car: Dalton House garage among earliest examples

by Grace Abernethy
February 28, 2024

At a time when there were only a few Hopkinsville homes with cars, the forward-thinking Monroe Dalton built a house with a garage.

Dalton brothers’ bricks built a lasting legacy

by Grace Abernethy
January 31, 2024

The Dalton brothers' legacy can be seen in the brickwork of historic buildings throughout downtown Hopkinsville.

Brick and Mortar Monthly: Everything and the kitchen sink

by Grace Abernethy
December 30, 2023

The kitchen, along with quarters for cooks who worked in the Dalton house, reveal more stories about the historic Seventh Street house.

Elements of Style: A Colonial Revival home in Hopkinsville

by Grace Abernethy
November 27, 2023

When it comes to the Colonial Revival architectural style, there is more than meets the eye, writes historic preservationist Grace Abernethy.

Brick & Mortar Monthly: Meet the Dalton House

by Grace Abernethy
October 23, 2023

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.