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Aydelott Rosenberger House – Louisville, Kentucky

The Aydelott-Rosenberger House was built in 1868 by George Aydelott after moving his family Brandenburg, Kentucky to the Louisville area. Following George Aydelott’s death in 1890, the house changed hands several times before coming under the ownership of the Rosenberger family in the 1930s, who held onto the house until 1997 when it was purchased from the family by the Jefferson County Fiscal Court . The house and its property were added to Farnsley-Moremen Landing property, and designated a Jefferson County Historic Landmark District in 1998.

Aydelott Rosenberger House - Louisville, Kentucky

Memorial Hall – University of Kentucky – Lexington

Memorial Hall, completed in 1929, was built on the University of Kentucky Campus, to commemorate those who died during World War I. Its construction was funded largely through individual donations to the university, collected over a 10 year period. Today it serves as a lecture hall, a site for graduation ceremonies for different colleges within the university. The University of Kentucky, with a student body of more than 30,000, is located in Lexington, Kentucky’s second largest city.

Memorial Hall - University of Kentucky - Lexington

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Historic Boone Tunnel – Wilmore, Kentucky

Historic Boone Tunnel - Wilmore, Kentucky

The Historic Boone Tunnel is located along the Lexington to Harrodsburg road in Jessamine County Kentucky. Built in the 1870’s it provided a route through the Kentucky Palisades. The tunnel was abandoned in 1953 after the bridge that accompanied it, collapsed into the Kentucky River. Today, Hwy 68 crosses a new bridge, and route that bypasses the cliff the tunnel passes through