Danville & Boyle County
Title
Danville & Boyle County
Description
Photographs of Danville, Boyle County, and the surrounding region, dating from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s.
Collection Items
Birdseye view of Danville, Ky.
View of Danville looking east along Main Street; taken from steeple of First Presbyterian Church.
Caldwell Presbyterian Church
View of Caldwell Presbyterian Church, located near Parksville, Kentucky. Built in 1828, it is now a private residence.
Caldwell Presbyterian Church
View of Caldwell Presbyterian Church, located near Parksville, Kentucky. Built in 1828, it is now a private residence.
Danville Classical and Military Institute
View of students standing outside the school's main building. The Danville Classical and Military Institute was in existence from about 1870 until 1880, and occupied the campus formerly used by the Danville Female Academy, and later by Caldwell…
Danville Female Academy
View outside the academy's main building. The Danville Female Academy was chartered in 1860, and existed until about 1869. Its campus was then used by the Danville Classical and Military Institute, and later by Caldwell College.
Danville Motor Co. ready for parade
Photograph inscribed "Danville Motor Co. - Ready for parade to honor Centre football team," referring to Centre's upset of Harvard in 1921. The view is the west side of 4th Street. The white building in the background was the post office, today's…
Main Street, Danville, Ky., 1875
Photograph of north side of Danville's Main Street, circa 1875, looking west. Cupola in center is county court house.
Main Street, Danville, Ky., 1875
Photograph of the south side of Danville's Main St., looking west, circa 1875. The steeple in the foreground (left) is Trinity Episcopal Church. The one in the background (right) is the Presbyterian Church.
Main Street, Danville, Ky.
Photograph of the south side of Danville's Main Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, circa 1935. The building on the left is the Ayres Silversmith Shop, which dates prior to 1790. The building next to it is the McIlvoy House, built about 1806 by…
Main Street, Danville, Ky., 1935
Photograph of commercial buildings on south side of Danville's Main Street, circa 1940, between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
McDonald Presbyterian Church
Unidentified group outside McDonald Presbyterian Church. Church was built in 1884 by Bruce McDonald on Persimmon Knob in Boyle County. For many years the church was helped by missions from the northern Presbyterian Church, particularly Gertrude…