Talks reported on preserving Bardstown house with historic black Catholic ties
Pin It Heading off a scheduled Monday afternoon court hearing, preservationists and Roman Catholic high school representatives in Bardstown, Ky., are in talks on the fate of a historic antebellum...
View ArticleFormer slave Daniel Rudd’s Catholic activism getting broader publicity amid...
Pin ItDaniel Rudd Born a slave in Bardstown, Ky., in 1854, Daniel Rudd was valued at $250 by age 4 under his owner’s property records. But according to his own later words, he absorbed a sense of far...
View ArticleFundraising underway to preserve Bardstown landmark
Pin It Fund-raising efforts are underway to preserve a historic Bardstown plantation home connected to the legacy of Daniel Rudd, born a slave on the plantation and later a powerful Catholic voice for...
View ArticleFundraising extended for Bardstown preservationists
Pin ItPreservationists seeking to restore a Bardstown plantation house associated with 19th century Catholic civil-rights activist Daniel Rudd have received a one-month extension to continue their...
View ArticlePreservationists still hope to save Bardstown landmark
Pin ItThe Anatok mansion stands boarded up next to Bethlehem High School. Preservationists are still trying to save a pre-Civil War mansion in Bardstown — which they see as a landmark to black Catholic...
View ArticleFunds to save historic Bardstown mansion falls short
Pin ItAnatok, circa 1900. Photo courtesy of Preservation Kentucky. Preservationists are disappointed with the news that Bethlehem High School plans to begin demolishing Anatok, a vacant pre-Civil War...
View ArticleAnatok mansion reprieved yet again
Pin ItDaniel Rudd An old Kentucky home is the center of an ever-lengthening court saga. Once again, a judge has halted the planned demolition of Anatok, a pre-Civil War plantation house in Bardstown,...
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