http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/ 2010-07-31T05:00:14-04:00 http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/ http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-07-30T20:26:53-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/citizens_deposit_bank?rev=1280536013&do=diff [The Citizens Deposit Bank of Belleview]Located on McVille Road in Belleview, the Citizens Deposit Bank was the second financial institution established in western Boone County. Built in 1926, it is typical of small banks and commercial buildings of the 1920s. text/html 2010-07-28T15:26:36-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/william_b_rogers_house?rev=1280345196&do=diff [William B. Rogers House] Located on Sycamore Street in Belleview, the William B. Rogers House is a frame Queen Anne residence of lively design. Its modified T-plan form consists of three cross gables, and a kitchen ell at the rear. The tall gables are filled with wood shingles of varied design and are flared at the base; at the peaks are projecting bargeboards. Above the four-part, transomed parlor window is a blind, semicircular pediment with split sunburst motif. A porch with turned post… text/html 2010-07-28T15:21:44-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/dr._piatt_house?rev=1280344904&do=diff [Dr. Piatt House] Prominently sited at the bend of Belleview Road, the Dr. Piatt House is one of the county's finest Folk Victorian cottages. The full-facade porch exhibits spindlework details and a frieze pierced by star cutouts. The house's construction date is unknown; local tradition asserts it was built c.1795-1800. The porch and bay window were added c.1850-1870, and a room was built at the rear to house Dr. Piatt's office. text/html 2010-07-28T14:12:34-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/white_farm?rev=1280340754&do=diff Located on East Bend Road near Burlington and traditionally known as the White Farm, this historic farmstead has been in the Maurer family since c.1875. The farm was designated a Kentucky Centennial Farm in 1992. Built as a one-story, hall-parlor dwelling in the late 19th century, the house achieved its present, side-passage form in 1917 when the two-story front block was added. text/html 2010-07-28T14:09:06-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/thomas_sutton_farm?rev=1280340546&do=diff Located on McVille Road, the house was originally built around 1820. At that time it was a two-story center-hall dwelling that faced the river. After the house was damaged by fire in the early 20th century, the upper story was removed; the roof was rebuilt in hipped form with dormers, new porches were added, and the house was re-oriented to the road. Original Flemish bond brick work and jack arches are still visible. text/html 2010-07-28T14:04:54-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/prable_house?rev=1280340294&do=diff Harold Prable was the proprietor of the garage and service station located at the front of the property on River Road in Constance. The house was built in the late 19th century. It represents the three-bay I-house with symmetrical front popular in the county in the years after the Civil War. The one-story west wing may be a somewhat later addition. text/html 2010-07-16T19:00:10-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/boone_fowler_rogers_barn?rev=1279321210&do=diff [The Boone Fowler Rogers Barn] Located on Belleview Road, the Boone Fowler Rogers Barn was built c.1840. It is one of the county's finest examples of the English side-entry barn: one of Kentucky's predominant barn types from the early 19th through the mid-20th centuries. text/html 2010-07-16T15:51:15-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/the_names_in_the_bell_tower?rev=1279309875&do=diff By: Harold McFarland Originally Published: April 29, 2010 in the Boone County Recorder As I left the Post Office, Buddy Rice yelled at me from across the parking lot. I walked over and he explained that Matt Becher was looking for me. “Who’s he?” I asked, and he replied that Matt was involved with Boone County’s Historic Preservation and wanted to talk about my having written my name in the bell tower of the old court house. text/html 2010-07-16T15:37:26-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/the_old_burlington_cemetery?rev=1279309046&do=diff By Matt Becher and Robert Schrage Originally Published: May, 2010 in the Boone County Recorder The July 7, 1955, edition of The Boone County Recorder noted that “In an old cemetery, just north of Burlington, Ky., rest the remains of many prominent people of the 18th and 19th centuries,” a humble introduction to one of Boone County’s most sacred places. The Old Burlington Cemetery is a 1.7-acre plot along Bullittsville Road, on the northern edge of Burlington. The cemetery contains the graves… text/html 2010-07-15T14:27:44-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/dr._george_s._sperti-_burlington_scientist_inventor?rev=1279218464&do=diff By: Robert Schrage Originally published: December 25, 2008 in the Boone County Recorder Dr. George Speri Sperti was born in January of 1900, just 17 days after the turn of the Century. He attended the public schools of his home town of Covington, KY. His parents, George and Caroline were Italian Immigrants. Sperti graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1923 from the University of Cincinnati. Immediately his talents and intellect were well respected and he began conducting sci… text/html 2010-07-15T14:26:59-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/george_p._nicholson-_master_builders?rev=1279218419&do=diff By: Matthew E. Becher & Lori McEntee Originally published: July 12, 2007 in the Boone County Recorder Today's stable of well-known Northern Kentucky builders includes names such as Arlinghaus, Drees, Fischer, and Hemmer, but if we look back 50 or 100 years, the Nicholson name would have been at the top of the list. In the first half of the 20th Century, George P. Nicholson and his sons constructed more of southern Boone County's built environment than anyone. The Nicholsons built churches, s… text/html 2010-07-15T14:26:20-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/silas_dinsmoor_part_4?rev=1279218380&do=diff By: Donald E. Clare, Jr., Rabbit Hash Historical Society Originally published: April 26, 2007 in the Boone County Recorder Silas Dinsmoor held the position of Choctaw Indian agent from 1802 until 1814; he had been Cherokees Indian agent from 1794 until 1799. During his 17-year tenure as government Indian agent he performed his job with fairness, compassion, integrity and dedication, both to his fellow white citizens and his Native American charges. He followed and upheld the laws of the United… text/html 2010-07-15T14:25:57-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/silas_dinsmoor_part_3?rev=1279218357&do=diff By: Donald E. Clare, Jr., Rabbit Hash Historical Society Originally published: March 22, 2007 in the Boone County Recorder After testifying in the conspiracy trail of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, Silas Dinsmoor left for New Hampshire to bring his wife of 18 months, Mary (nee Gordon), and his new baby boy (Silas Gordon Dinsmoor) back to Mississippi. Silas had completed a substantial brick house for them there in the Choctaw Indian territory. He first had to travel to Washington City for of… text/html 2010-07-15T14:25:29-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/william_clark_at_big_bone_lick_1806?rev=1279218329&do=diff By: Donald E. Clare, Jr., Rabbit Hash Historical Society Originally published: 28 September 2006 in the Boone County Recorder Across the Nation and Commonwealth of Kentucky, people are gearing up for the 200th anniversary of the safe return to St. Louis of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery expedition. The year 2006 marks the successful end to this unparalleled feat in our nation's history. In 1806, no on had heard from Lewis and Clark in over a year and the expedition had been given up… text/html 2010-07-15T14:24:34-04:00 Adam Hartke http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/cbc/doku.php/celebrating_john_uri_lloyd_s_160th_birthday?rev=1279218274&do=diff By: Donald E. Clare, Jr., Rabbit Hash Historical Society Originally Published: April 2, 2009 in the Boone County Recorder April, 2009, marks the 160th anniversary of the birth of John Uri Lloyd, one of Boone County’s most famous and accomplished citizens. He is highly regarded as one of the nation’s leading plant extract chemists and father of eclectic medicine pharmacology, colloidal chemistry, and American Materia Medica. He is also considered one of the 20th century’s most famous post-Civi…