Court House
How much did it cost to build the Courthouse?
$40,000
What was the original use for the Richmond Cemetery?
Horse Track
Which Yankees Hall of Fame member is from Richmond?
Earl Combs
How many high schools are located in Madison County?
4
What were the dates of the Battle of Richmond?
August 29-30, 1862
When was the Courthouse built?
1849
What was the original use of District Court?
It was the US Post Office
What is the name of the two term KY Governor that was from Richmond?
James B McCreary
We are the ______ largest city in the state?
6th
When was Bybee Pottery founded?
1809, closed in 2011
What is written on the rock located in the Courthouse
1770 Squire Boone
Where was Richmond’s first City Hall?
The Miller House, it was also used as the Police Station and a Fire Station
Cassius Clay was minister to what foreign country?
Russia
We are the ______ largest county in the state?
9th
What is the name of the first fort in Madison County?
Fort Twitty, built in 1775 by Daniel Boone, 2 months before Fort Boonesborough
The Courthouse was designed by Col. Thomas Lewinski, a Lexington architect. What other historic home did he add an addition to?
White Hall
Irvinton, Where Richmond Parks and Recreation Department is located was once used as a what?
A Hospital for the treatment of trachoma, a severely contagious infection of the eye.
How did Richmond get its name?
From its Founder John Miller’s birthplace, Richmond, VA
Richmond is what class city?
Second, and the lowest in revenue of all 2nd class cities
Madison County is claim to two Kentucky firsts. What are they?
First wedding and first tobacco grown
There was an iron fence that surrounded the Courthouse, it was removed in 1908. Where is that fence now?
Richmond Cemetery
Architect Des Jardins built 4 wonderful structures in Richmond, the Glyndon Hotel, Amberley and what other two?
Bennett House and Elmwood
The fountain located at the corner of the Courthouse has what Richmond natives name on it?
David R. Francis, 27th Governor of Missouri
Richmond was the first city in the state to receive a National Register District. How many do we have?
3
What are the 5 creeks within the boundary of Madison County that feed the KY River?
Tates Creek, Jacks Creek, Muddy Creek, Otter Creek, and Silver Creek.