Past and Present Traditional Cache
gigglingiguana: This cache has apparently gone AWOL, probably at hedge-trimming time. Since I'm not in the area as much as I used to be, maintaining this cache is no longer feasible. Sorry about that, future cachers :(
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Welcome to Rowan County's historic courthouse... now used as the Rowan County Arts Center. Built between 1896-1899, this is the only structure from the 19th century remaining on Main Street in Morehead, Kentucky. When Rowan County was created in 1856, the first county courthouse was located on this site, but this building is not the original courthouse. Three others preceded it, two of which were destroyed by fires in 1864 and 1880. For just over 80 years, this site was the political, judicial, and social center of life in Rowan County.
In mid-2003, a group of citizens representing several community organizations, including the Morehead Art Guild, The Cave Run Arts Association, the Morehead Theatre Guild, and the Rowan County Historical Society, met with architect Chenault Woodford and approached the Lucille Caudill Little Foundation for a $1 million grant, to be matched by local funds, which would be used to create the Rowan County Arts Center to be housed in the old Rowan County Courthouse. The principal goal of this project was to make available a dedicated facility within Rowan County where all its citizens, young and old, could have active experiences with the full spectrum of creative and performing arts, including but not limited to painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, music, dance, drama, and film. The grant was given and restoration began.
The old Rowan County Courthouse, which dates from 1899, underwent an aesthetically pleasing exterior restoration, returned the grand bell tower to the southwest corner on the front of the building, and included a major interior renovation which converted the previously abandoned array of old county offices into a working arts showplace, with a variety of gallery, studio, and performance spaces.
Rowan County was formed in 1856 as Kentucky's 104th county. It was named for John Rowan, a Kentucky member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The county seat (and only sizeable town) is Morehead at the conjunction of I-64 and KY 32. Settlers arrived by the early part of the nineteenth century, and a post office opened there as Triplett in 1817. The city of Morehead was founded in 1856 and named for James T. Morehead, a governor of Kentucky. Much of the county is within the Daniel Boone National Forest. Morehead is the home of Morehead State University, known as "Kentucky's University of the Mountains”.
Cache is placed with permission.
Note: The cache is NOT part of the Doughboy statue. Please be respectful of the memorial site.
FTF honors go to cactus_jak!
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