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Cardome Centre
Cardome Centre is a historic property located in Georgetown, Kentucky along the north fork of Elkhorn Creek (Kentucky), Elkhorn Creek. The is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Catholic Diocese of Lexington and currently houses St. John Catholic School. Previously the property was home to several famous people including Kentucky Governor James Fisher Robinson, James F. Robinson. More recently the site was the location of a girl's academy. It previously served as a community center for the city of Georgetown, but was purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington, Catholic Diocese of Lexington in 2019.Cardome Center.About Us. History For his military service, Colonel James John Floyd, John Floyd was granted by the State of Virginia a total of , which included the Cardome property. The first structure was built by the Bradford family in 1821. James F. Robinson, who was governor of Kentucky during the American Civil War, made his home on the land. His home bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 37,086 at the 2020 census. It is the 6th-largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the seat of its county. It was originally called Lebanon when founded by Rev. Elijah Craig and was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington. It is the home of Georgetown College, a private liberal arts college. Georgetown is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. At one time the city served as the training camp home for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. The city's growth began in the mid-1980s, when Toyota built Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, its first wholly owned United States plant, in Georgetown. The plant opened in 1988; it builds the Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Lexus ES, and RAV4 Hybrid automobiles. History Native peoples have lived along the banks of Elkhorn Creek in what is now Scott County for at least 15,000 years. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
