Paris High School (Kentucky)

The Downtown Paris Historic District, in Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was deemed significant as:the largest, richest, most varied and best-preserved concentration of historic architecture in Bourbon County from the period c. 1788 to 1940. Included within the district are a commercial area, an adjacent cluster of warehouse buildings, and a surrounding residential neighborhood. All of these discrete areas manifest a high degree of integrity with comparatively few intrusions, over one-and-a-half centuries of the city's architectural evolution are depicted by the district, which includes excellent representations of a remarkable variety of historic styles. Included are many fine examples of the Italianate, Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival modes in both residential and commercial buildings. The Federal, Gothic Revival, and Greek Revival styles are represented as well, as are the Stick, Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Moderne modes. Also featured throughout the district are many noteworthy examples of vernacular designs in residential and commercial structures. A number of landmark religious, governmental and institutional buildings add interest to the district's streetscapes. The district features the works of several local builder/architects as well as those of some noted designers from outside the area. The Downtown Paris Historic District manifests a high degree of integrity with comparatively few intrusions. It is centered on High, Main, and Pleasant Streets, and runs from 2nd St. on the north to 14th St. on the south. The 96 acres (39 ha) district included 222 contributing buildings, 77 non-contributing buildings, and 15 contributing structures. Contributing ones date from 1788 to 1939. Twenty-two of the contributing buildings were already listed on the National Register. These include: Bourbon County Courthouse (1902), "a monumental example of the Beaux-Arts style", designed by architect Frank Milburn (1868–1926). NRHP-listed in 1973 Additional buildings surrounding the courthouse square, included in the NRHP listing of the Paris Courthouse Square Historic District in 1979: Duncan Tavern, "a former hostelry of stone construction and Georgian/Federal design, separately NRHP-listed in 1973. Elks/Masonic Lodge Building (1901-05), Bank Row and Main Street: "The Elks/Masonic Lodge Building, one o£ the pivotal structures of the Courthouse Square, is prominently sited at the corner of Bank Row and Main Streets. One of the tallest buildings in Paris, it stands four stories high, and the narrowness of its primary facade lends it a sense of verticality. The building is faced with dark-red pressed brick and is trimmed with a profusion of pressed-metal and smooth-faced sandstone. Its eclectic design, largely Neo-classical in inspiration, nonetheless includes some suggestions of the Romanesque Revival. The main facade is dominated by a slightly projecting pavilion, four stories high, that contains the entrance to former lodge rooms on the upper levels. This feature is balanced by a three-story semi-circular turret supported by an iron column. Beneath the turret is the building's main entrance, contained in a chamfered corner. The Elks/Masonic Lodge Building, designed by architect Herman Rowe of Lexington, was constructed in the early 1900's. Intended to accommodate a variety of uses, it was built as the headquarters for the local Elks lodge, with commercial space occupying the first floor. The building was later occupied by the local Masonic chapter, and in the 1940's became home to the Bourbon Hotel, a hostelry formerly located across the street. After years of neglect, the building was recently restored by the local Community Redevelopment Agency as apartments for the elderly.""The former Masonic Building (see photo 5) is a key corner edifice in the district. Erected ca. 1900, it has four stories and is of brick construction with stone trim above all windows. The southern corner is bowed, a pair of oriel windows is on the southwestern wall} and the main facade is treated with a fine embossed metal parapet. Built for the Paris lodge of the B.P.O.E., the structure was sold to the local Masonic Lodge in 1926. The upper floors served for many years as the Bourbon Hotel until being converted into apartments, and the first floor has housed a succession of businesses since the hotel went out of business. Present plans call for utilizing the building as apartments for the elderly."Bourbon Agricultural Bank and Trust Building (remodelled 1915), Main & 4th Sts. Three-and-a-half-story building of largest bank (as of 1979) in Bourbon County, Kentucky, formed from mergers of five banks. Building constructed in late 1800s, renovated to its current form in 1915 after the last of the five mergers. The Kentuckian-Citizen, a local newspaper, then described it as having the "most commodious and convenient banking rooms in central Kentucky.""This three-and-one-half-story structure has bowed corner projections on the main facade, and these continue up and into the attic where they are covered by hemispherical domes and are pierced by oculi. Decorative stonework embellishes the windows, and a continuous dentilled cornice is below the attic level. In the center of the facade is a shaped gable, and there are four Ionic pilasters arranged below the gable. A pseudo-Georgian veneer has been attached to the street level in recent years. / The institution as it is now began in 1915 with a capital stock of $200,000."Simms Building (1885), 302 Main St. "The two-story, three-bay brick building on the western corner of Main and Third Streets (see photo 4) was built for W.E. Simms in 1885, and the only major exterior alteration has been the installation of larger windows on the street front. This level is framed by metal pilasters and a projecting fascia, and the emphatic hoodmolds above the second floor's windows are reciprocal with the heavy entablature that has a peak in the center." Eads Tavern (c. 1790), also NRHP-listed in 1973. The Stick Style former passenger depot of the Kentucky Central Railroad (c. 1882 1901-07), also NRHP-listed in 1973.Selected others include: St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (1876) "Well-preserved nave-plan front-gabled brick church of transitional Greek Revival/Italianate character, built on a raised foundation approached by a broad flight of steps. Facade and side elevations are articulated by pilasters and contain round-arched bays with brick hoodmolds. St. Paul's Church is the largest of several churches in Paris constructed for black congregations during the post-Civil War era." Brannon House (c.1910s), 1115 Main Street: "a Craftsman-inspired American Foursquare brick dwelling dating from the 1910's. Broad in form, the Brannon House stands two stories high with a symmetrical three-bay facade, gently-pitched hipped roof, massive dormers, and exposed rafter tails." Catholic Church of the Annunciation (1858–60; 1869–70), 1009 Main Street: "Well-preserved Victorian Gothic church constructed 1858-60 and enlarged 1869-70. Exhibits a latin cross plan with polygonal apse, full-height transepts, and lower side chambers. Tripartite facade exhibits three doorways set in lancet-arched spandrels, and side elevations are punctuated by lancet arches, with label molds, articulated by partial buttresses. Three-stage steeple rises to a fluted spire. Interior has been little altered since the Victorian era."

The Paris Courthouse Square Historic District, in Paris, Kentucky, is a 4 acres (1.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The listing included 21 contributing buildings.It includes: Bourbon County Courthouse (1902–05), designed by Frank P. Milburn, which is separately listed on the National Register Duncan Tavern, which is separately listed on the National Register The Memorial Building (1859), which served as a bank and residence until 1884, and later served World War I veterans and others Teen Square (1960s), a one-story brick building Ewalt Building (c.1840), a Greek Revival townhouseIt includes Italianate and other architecture.The entire district was included in the 1989-listed Downtown Paris Historic District.

The current Bourbon County Courthouse, on Courthouse Square in Paris, Kentucky, was built in 1905. This is the fourth courthouse to be built on this land. It was designed by architect Frank P. Milburn in Beaux Arts style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.The first courthouse was built in 1787. There are very few details on this courthouse and for reason's unknown, it was rebuilt in 1799. The first courthouse was built when Bourbon County was formed, then part of Virginia. Courthouse Number 2 was completed in 1799, seven years after Kentucky became a state. The second courthouse was designed and built by John & Thomas Metcalfe. Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician) was the 10th governor of Kentucky, but was also a particularly skilled stonemason, earning the name "Old Stonehammer". This courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1872, reportedly at the hands of arsonists. Courthouse Number 3 was constructed rather quickly in 1873, this time in French-Renaissance style building. Once completed, it was equipped with a clock and bell tower rising 113 feet into the sky. Its construction included a mansard roof, and was constructed of brick with iron cornices. Its size proved to be a disadvantage when a fire broke out in 1901. The size prevented ladders and water from reaching to the upper floors where the fire began. An important note about this particular courthouse is that all of the documents survived the fire due to being locked in fireproof vaults. During this fire, many courthouse workers reportedly ran into the burning building and moved carts, and shelves of important documents into the large vaults and locked them so they would be safe. The vaults had, up until that day been locked each night, but for some reason had not been the night of the fire. The cause of this fire is still a mystery.Courthouse number 4, the courthouse that stands today, was completed in 1905 and is said to be the grandest of all Kentucky County Courthouses.The design for the current courthouse was created originally by the architect as a proposal for a new Kentucky state capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky. A drawing was published in 1903 in a brochure supporting placement of the capitol in Frankfort. The new state capitol was in fact built in a design by Frank Mills Andrews instead, but Milburn recycled his design for this building two years later, with some reductions.It is included also in the Paris Courthouse Square Historic District.

The Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum 4 acres (1.6 hectares) is a non-profit arboretum located at the Garden Club of Kentucky, Inc.'s State Headquarters, 616 Pleasant Street, Paris, Kentucky. The Arboretum is open to the public, sunrise to sunset, free of charge. The Wallis Arboretum is considered one of the finest old-tree collections in central Kentucky. Its first trees were planted in the mid-1850s, around the 1851 house that is now the headquarters of The Garden Club of Kentucky. Most of the planting was under the direction of Nannine Clay Wallis, in the first half of the 20th century. Mrs. Wallis was a founder and later president of both GCKY, South Atlantic Region, and The National Council of State Garden Clubs. The Arboretum is a Morton Arboretum certified Level 1 arboretum. The Arboretum now contains about 70 varieties of trees including many varieties of flowering dogwoods, as well as a rose garden, an herb garden, a reflecting pool, a daylily garden, and a pavilion. The largest trees at the arboretum include a Small-leaved linden (Tilia Cordata), Ginkgo (Ginkgo Biloba), Northern red oak (Quercus rubra), Tulip Poplar, (Lireodendren Tulipfera), Sugar Maple (Acer Sacrum) and a Cucumber tree (Magnolia acuminata).

Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky the county seat. It lies 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020, it had a population of 10,171.

Paris Cemetery is located along South Main Street (US 68 Bus.) in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Incorporated on January 30, 1847, the cemetery is owned and operated by the Paris Cemetery Company. When it first opened, many families re-interred their dead in the new cemetery. Many of the grave markers within the cemetery, namely those from the 19th and early 20th centuries, are made of marble or similar materials. While not as durable as granite (most commonly used today), marble is softer, and thus lends itself to more elaborate designs. Most of the decorative monuments at the cemetery are carved from marble. Victorian Era angels are common in the cemetery, as are obelisks; both were also popular grave monuments during the 19th century. The cemetery is the burial place of many prominent Kentuckians, and includes the Bourbon County Confederate Monument and a gatehouse, both of which are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. There are also monuments on the grounds honoring those from Bourbon County who fought in: the Mexican–American War; World War I; along with a combined World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War Memorial.The Bourbon County Confederate Monument, located in the middle of the cemetery, was built by the Confederate Monument Association in 1887. Like many monuments to the Confederate States of America in Kentucky, it is an obelisk, but is unique for being built like a chimney. The structure is made of mortared limestone, locally quarried, and the chimney is 30 feet (9.1 m) tall on a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) base. On the rear of the monument is a list of all those from Bourbon County who died fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, or those serving the Confederacy who died in Bourbon County.On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. The Paris Cemetery gatehouse, made of granite, is also on the National Register, placed there on November 24, 1978. The cemetery was founded in 1847, with the gatehouse finished in 1862 by architect John McMurtry. Notable persons buried at Paris Cemetery include: Bill Arnsparger (1926–2015), NFL and college football coach. Virgil Chapman (1895–1951), represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate. Blanton Collier (1906–1983), NFL and college football coach. John T. Croxton (1836–1874), brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War, and later U.S. Minister to Bolivia. Garrett Davis (1801–1872), represented Kentucky in the U.S. House and in the U.S. Senate. John Fox Jr. (1862–1919), journalist, short story writer and novelist. Arthur B. Hancock (1875–1957), breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses who established Claiborne Farm. Arthur B. Hancock Jr. (1910–1972), breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. Richard Hawes (1797–1877), represented Kentucky in the U.S. House and served as the second Confederate governor of Kentucky. Basil Hayden (1899–2003), college basketball player and coach. Hattie Hutchcraft Hill (1847–1921), artist most known for her still-life, portrait, landscape and marine oil works. Alexander D. Orr (1761–1835), first representative from Kentucky's 2nd congressional district following the commonwealth's admission to the Union. William E. Simms (1822–1898), represented Kentucky in the U.S. House and then as senator in the Confederate States Congress. Robert Trimble (1776–1828), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred horse breeding operation near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910 by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Stud in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.

Bourbon County High School is a public high school in Paris, Kentucky. It is in the Bourbon County Schools system.

Stoner Creek Stud was an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm near Paris, Kentucky, originally owned by Chicago businessman John D. Hertz and his wife, Fannie Kesner Hertz (1881–1963).In his early business years in Chicago, John Hertz owned a farm near Cary, Illinois. In the 1930s, he acquired a property in Woodland Hills, California, in the San Fernando Valley where he raised Thoroughbred racehorses. He purchased Stoner Creek Stud for breeding and training, and two of his horses went on to win the Kentucky Derby. His first came with Reigh Count in 1928 then with his son, Count Fleet, who won the 1943 American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Count Fleet was ranked #5. Hertz was part of the American syndicate that purchased the English stallion Blenheim who became an important American sire. In 1954, John Hertz published a book, "The Racing Memoirs of John Hertz as told to Evan Shipman." Prominent horses owned and raced by John/Fannie Hertz and major race wins: Reigh Count Kentucky Derby (1928) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1928)Valenciennes Ladies HandicapCount Arthur Manhattan Handicap (1935) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1936) Saratoga Cup (1935, 1937)Count Fleet Champagne Stakes (1942) Pimlico Futurity (1942) Wood Memorial (1943) Kentucky Derby (1943) Preakness Stakes (1943) Belmont Stakes (1943)

Kentucky's 12th congressional district was a district of the United States House of Representatives in Kentucky. It was lost to redistricting in 1843. Its last Representative was Garrett Davis.

Cooper's Run Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building in Shawhan, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.The church congregation was organized in 1787. This building, built in 1803, is an early stone church. It is a two-story building with three bays.

Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,252. Its county seat is Paris. Bourbon County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of Kentucky's nine original counties, and is best known for its historical association with bourbon whiskey.