5th Annual Preservation Week 2003 Photo-Essay Winners

Elementary (Grades 1-5)

First Place:Victoria Herndon
4th Grade, Gallatin Co. Upper Elementary
Sanders, Kentucky
Dr. Lucy Dupuy Montz House: - "On the corner of Fourth and West High streets in Warsaw stands a house built by Edward A. Turpin. This house was a home to Dr. Lucy Dupuy Montz and landscape artist Kate Riley. Dr. Montz was the first woman dentist in Kentucky."

Second Place: Matthew Ryan Helm
5th Grade, Salem Elementary
Jamestown, Kentucky
Creelsboro: - "It was a booming little town back during the days when the steamboats traveled up and down the river. The town population was about 50 people in the 1840s. Creelsboro consisted of a constable, post office, hotel, bank, doctor, drugstore, tavern, blacksmith shop, a church and a school."

Third Place: Brent Joplin
5th Grade, Meece Middle
Somerset, Kentucky
Preserving a Pulaski Landmark: - " Somerset's First Presbyterian Church was established on September 14, 1861. It was a one-room wooden frame building. Almost immediately after it began, the church had a four-year absence in which they had no services due to the Civil War. Instead, it was used as a Union hospital. Until 1943, you could still see blood stains on the walls of the church sanctuary."

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

First Place: Stefanie Jones
8th Grade, Franklin -Simpson Co. Middle
Franklin, Kentucky
Preserve Proper Buildings: - "...it is much more than just a store, it is a place that connects people to one another. Everyone overlooks that Moore's has been around generation after generation to help our community."

Second Place: Lydia Pope
6th Grade, Pope School
Danville, Kentucky
A House Named Waveland: - "Waveland was built around 1800 by Willis Green, an important Kentucky settler. The Green-Craig family lived in Waveland for over 130 years. During this time, the family played an important role in the community and its development."

Third Place: Lincoln Tyler Oldham
8th Grade, Armenhouse School
Morehead, Kentucky
Farmers Elementary School Building: - "The Works Progress Administration built the school building in 1938 so that the residents of the community had access to a school. It was built by local people and the majority of the stones came from the surrounding area."

High School (Grades 9-12)

First Place: Amanda Hensley
10th Grade, Eminence Independent School
Eminence, Kentucky
Stone Fences of Henry County: - "We need, in the words of Secretary Codell, a member of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, "to preserve our heritage and the beauty of our state." Stone fences are part of Kentucky's landscape; they even made people want to live here at one time."

Second Place: Laura Beth Wise
9th Grade, Estill County High School
Irvine, Kentucky
Remember When: - "In it are memories, echoing from another time, When ice-cream was a nickel, and bread a dime. They shout to us from inside its walls, Pleading with us not to close its halls."

Third Place: Jessica Brown
10th Grade, Fern Creek High School
Louisville, Kentucky
Fern Creek High School: - "In the center of a small community known as Fern Creek, lies what some call the community's flagship - Fern Creek Traditional High School, a three story institute of learning."