8th Annual Preservation Week 2006 Photo-Essay Competition

Elementary (Grades 1-5)

First Place: Kheeli Ferrel
Coca Cola Plant: - "At the beginning of the day I went to the most marvelous, historical building in Paducah, Kentucky. It is the Coca-Cola plant located at 3141 Broadway. This beautiful building sits on 2-1\2 acres of land and is over 60,000 square feet. The man who built this wonderful building was Mr. Luther F. Carson.  Mr. Carson founded the Paducah Coca-Cola Bottling Company in 1903. The business moved into this landmark building in 1939."

Second Place: Daniel Taylor
Newsom’s Old Mill Store: - "Newsom’s Old Mill Store is one of the few country stores still in operation. It has been in business for a long time and has been owned by a member of the Newsom family since 1917.  It is now located on 208 East Main St."

Third Place: Maddie Blevins
Preserve the Past for a Better Future: - "The movie theaters have provided joy to moviegoers since the early 1900’s. James Taylor, founded Bellevue by the shores of the Ohio River in 1870. The small town of Bellevue Kentucky is a friendly place with many riverside parks and historical  buildings that have provided employment, but sadly development has crowded the old shops. Bellevue was lucky enough to, provide citizens with joy by putting in a movie theatre in 1942, unfortunately, in the present the Marianne Theater in Bellevue is now closed to the public."

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

First Place: Andrew Angus
The Boarding House Reach: - "Across from the courthouse square stands a noble three-story stone building that we now know as Duncan Tavern, but was then called “The Goddess of Liberty.” This was an important meeting place where you could do business, have a hot meal, drink a glass of ale, and have a dry place to sleep. Some of the famous men who visited the tavern were Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Michael Stoner, and Aaron Burr, to name a few."

Second Place: Julia Ross
The County Farm/Sanatorium: - "The Sanatorium on Bleich Road in Paducah, Kentucky was a lifesaver for many people. The Sanatorium, or County Farm as it was also called, was built in the early 1900s. It was used to house the poor elderly farmers who no longer had living family to take care of them."

Third Place: Madison Ballou
The Midway Café: - "The Midway Café was a great place to eat, it was made in the 1930’s. One day the owner of the café deserted the building and let fall in pieces. To this very day you can look in the café and the tables are still set like someone is still running the place."

High School (Grades 9-12)

First Place: Brenda Kirkpatick
Grinding Down History: - "I have driven past “the Mill” perhaps hundreds of times in my life and always thought of it as a rag-tag old building, nothing more. But as I investigated old Guyn’s Mill in southern Woodford County, I began to realize a gristmill isn’t such an ordinary thing. It hasn’t always been a weathered building on a lonely road. Rather, hundreds of people sought the mill’s services as they traveled up the busy Harrodsburg Turnpike, building a large, family-owned enterprise to support generations to come."

Second Place: Margaret Ross
The Columbia Theater: - "When I walk along Broadway in downtown Paducah, Kentucky, I see many old and historic buildings. Although all the buildings are interesting, the Columbia Theater really stands out. Every time I pass it, I have to turn around and take another look. It is such an intriguing place and it has such a great history. For more than fifty years it provided fun entertainment for people of all ages and walks of life."

Third Place: Shan Taylor
The Bacon Theatre: Not Exactly Bringing it Home: - "Shielding my face from the wind as I stepped out of my car, I glanced across the busy downtown street. Felling a slight sense of loss, I tried to picture the amazing building as it had been described to me only a few hours earlier. Mrs. Forman, a life time resident of Woodford County and a regular visitor of the downtown theatre in its early days, who took the time to let me ask her a couple of questions, vividly described for me the tantalizing scent of popcorn that 'you could smell all the way down the street.'"