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Kentucky Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings

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Galloway Farm Equipment
Bowling Green, KY
2010: 2026:
The Galloway Farm Equipment dealership was built in 1948. It was restored for Booth Fire & Safety in 2007. The letters are gone now as the building now houses Pie-Barker Fire & Safety. [map]

Webster County Courthouse
Dixon, KY
The Webster County Courthouse was designed by H. Lawrence Casner and built from 1938-1941. [map]

National Guard Armory
Harrodsburg, KY
This National Guard Armory was designed by Edd Gregg and built in 1941. The building now houses Mercer Area Family Education and Wellness. [map]

National Guard Armory
Springfield, KY
This National Guard Armory was also designed by Edd Gregg with the same design as the building in Harrodsburg shown above. It was built from 1941-1942. The National Guard moved to a new location in 1981 and the building has been owned by the county since then. [map]

Ohio County Courthouse
Carlisle, KY		 Ohio County Courthouse
Hartford, KY
This National Guard Armory was also designed by Edd Gregg with the same design as the buildings in Harrodsburg and Springfield shown above. It was built in 1941. [map]

The Ohio County Courthouse was designed by Walter Scott Roberts and built from 1941-1943. [map]

Worsham Hall
Henderson, KY		 Horse Cave State Bank
Horse Cave, KY
Worsham Hall was designed by J. Alves Clore and built in 1936. [map]

The Horse Cave State Bank was built in 1937. It was housing the Kentucky Repertory Theatre in recent years but I believe the building is vacant now. [map]

Lexington Laundry Co.
Lexington, KY
The Lexington Laundry Co. building was built around 1929. [map]

Watkins of Paducah
Paducah, KY
The Watkins of Paducah women's clothing store was built in 1941. The building has been vacant for many years. [map]

Rhea Stadium
Russellville, KY
Rhea Stadium was built in 1939 and is used for Russellville High School football games. The entrance is flanked by the sculpted heads of six sports stars at the time of the stadium's construction: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi, Red Grange and Jack Dempsey. [map]

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