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I Wish harahy to thank Han.W.L.Gordan, Sr., fer libh or the

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The fixst sshccl lewislatiun in the stats of Keatasky was an
Ast 0f tha legislature approvsd abraary.lfigienfiebryary 10, 795,denating
aEd sattiag apart a! the public lands or the stdté fer sohaol yuryoses.
Six thausand 33:53 5aah at thi a laad was set apalt for1+lanklin,8aleu,
and Yeatxcky acad5nios,and far Jeffersea and L5xing¥tom Seninarias.

Within 20 years the sand aac at of land was granted to a samba
er cthar Galatias and towns. On January 31,1618 a I act of the logilla
ture was a§§roved establis lag wlat was then his!) as Hepkias Aoadn-y,
:agltha‘w d."hmwwgggéggywnt‘prkwénCwficadenv. A board of trastges was
appaiaiad Us have the lanagfiment at th -13 prepazty. The site selotted
was just 01 the eutsids the tgwn limits of tha team or Madisonville,iut
afterward whan ths limits of the town werfi extended beta-9 a part of
the aity.

The let was d.tuat5d on the corner of Cross "all and Stainary
Str55t3 and Was daedsd for sshccl purpoags hy J985ph Fuqua. The new
Pumherland Pr5sbyt5rian sharsh stands on part or this let. Th? first
bailding created Was a! brick. It was built seen 0 after the deed was
nlda ta the property «ran sane cause the building 3003 fell ir its data;
, aad rathor tee 3:311 for the parpeses,was torn down aad a two stery
rane granted in its stead. It was nat long haters this was Earned aad
than was erected a brick structare,aontaining but aaa-reo- whish was
a Tvt 22 X 45 feet squ5re.

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Thar: are hazy peeple both in “adiselvills and the aoantry
:ho well ranenber the last building and also quite a nuub5r cf “fig?

atteaidsd sshcel and got much of th ir sdacatian in the old bziak‘fiuadeg