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Elzey Hughes House
The Elzey Hughes House was a building located at 308 Second Street in Falmouth, Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was built for Elzey Hughes, a son of Charity Southgate and was significant as one of the few remaining buildings of Falmouth's Racial segregation in the United States, segregated black district, Happy Hollow, Falmouth, Happy Hollow. With See also * Charity's House: Also in Happy Hallow * National Register of Historic Places listings in Pendleton County, Kentucky References Elzey Hughes HouseNational Register of Historic Places digital asset. PDF 52Kentucky Historic Resources Inventoryarchived28 February 2016. photo 39, Elzey Hughes House from the SE 28 February 2016. Houses in Pendleton County, Kentucky Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Kentucky
Falmouth is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Pendleton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,169 according to the 2010 census. It lies at the confluence of the South and Main forks of the Licking River and is home to Kincaid Regional Theatre. Geography Falmouth is located at (38.673860, -84.334213). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History Possibly settled as early as 1780, Falmouth was laid out by John Waller (1758–1823) and formally established by the state assembly in 1793. Waller named the new settlement after his native Falmouth, Virginia. It was incorporated as a city in 1856. The town is perhaps best remembered for natural disasters that have devastated the town over the last half of the 20th century. In 1964, the Licking River reached 47 feet (19 feet above flood stage) and left much of the town under water. On April 23, 1968 an F4 (possibly F5) tornado leveled many ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
