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Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 35. Account books, 1857-1858, of G.W. Edwards and T.W. Cobb, general merchants at East Fork, Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
Dunbar, Elijah, 1821-1911 (Sc 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dunbar, Elijah, 1821-1911 (Sc 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1335. Letter written by Elijah Dunbar from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brother in Canton, Massachusetts. Evidently he and an associate were traveling piano salesmen. Dunbar vividly describes the terrible road conditions between Bowling Green and Elkton, Kentucky.
Barker, S. & D. W. Middleton - Farm Ledger, 1872-1885 (Sc 1522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barker, S. & D. W. Middleton - Farm Ledger, 1872-1885 (Sc 1522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1522. Farm ledger kept by S. Barker and Daniel Wilcoxson Middleton of Warren County, Kentucky. The farm was located approximately five miles east of Bowling Green on the Louisville Road (Highway 31-W). Records expenses and wages for farm laborers.
Read, Emily Jane, 1839-1916 (Sc 1497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Read, Emily Jane, 1839-1916 (Sc 1497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1497. Letter from Emily J. Read, Rich Pond, Kentucky, to an unnamed friend. she discusses peoplein the neighboring region and her husband's mercantile operation in Rich Pond.
Coleman Family Papers (Sc 1483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coleman Family Papers (Sc 1483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1483. Incoming business letters, 1866, and 1877, to James P. Coleman, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also business letter, 1881, to Harry R. Coleman related to a printing job at the Courier-Journal in Louisville.
Cooke-Crump - Smiths Grove, Kentucky - Account Books (Sc 1484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cooke-Crump - Smiths Grove, Kentucky - Account Books (Sc 1484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1484. Account books for a mercantile store in Smiths Grove, Kentucky. Included are long lists of horses and mules that were bought and sold by William Crump.
Do Property Assessors In Kentucky Value Residential Property At Fair Market Value?, Brian Smith
Do Property Assessors In Kentucky Value Residential Property At Fair Market Value?, Brian Smith
MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects
Assessors are required, as mandated by the Kentucky State Constitution and KRS 132.690, to assess property at 100 percent of fair market value. Fair market value is defined as the price a seller would expect to receive in an open and competitive market. Evidence from data and analysis in this paper indicates that property is under-assessed by approximately 25 percent. Though urban areas assess at a slightly higher rate, this is offset by rural areas, which do a significantly poorer job. This has important implications for local communities in Kentucky that depend on property tax revenue in order to provide …
An Impact Study Of Local Historic District Overlays On Property Values In Fayette County, Ky, Suzann Vogel
An Impact Study Of Local Historic District Overlays On Property Values In Fayette County, Ky, Suzann Vogel
MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects
Beginning with Fayette County’s first historic district in 1958, the process of assigning historic zoning status to qualifying neighborhoods was seen as a viable option for preserving local built cultural resources. More than a communicative symbol, H-1 districting limits dramatic exterior changes and the demolition of structures certified as contributing to the unique character of Lexington, KY. Guided by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s Division of Historic Preservation and Board of Architectural Review, the program currently encompasses 1,851 buildings over 14 districts.
In order to carry out the goal of preservation, historic districting in Lexington is applied in a blanketing …