Black Horsemen Museum and Heritage Center
North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky
By Michelle Butler
A
small group of people from North Middletown are in the throes of
renovating the 2nd Christian Church on 460 in
NM to become a black horsemen museum, and heritage center. We
hope to be operational by Aug 1, 2008. I am heading the effort,
and am sort of on a "fishing expedition" to find other
like-minded people who might be interested in being a part of
it. I have attached a photo of the 2nd Christian from 1966. It
really doesn't look much different today on the outside. Of
course on the inside we are making some major improvements.
We
hope to have a small family history center with computer
stations in the Heritage Hall. We will also offer the facility
for community events and possibly an after school program. We
have great hopes for what it can, and will, be.
The
American Saddlebred Horse Museum at the Ky Horse Park has had a
year long exhibit on black horsemen, and have offered us the
exhibit when it closes in January, so we're working hard to get
things going quickly!
We
hope to get the Incorporation and 501(c)(3) status asap and
begin to solicit donations that will be tax-deductible for the
donor. We are building a children's playground and picnic area
on land right beside the church, and hope to find suitable land
to purchase for a parking area, which is absolutely necessary.
The
office for the Prescott Cemetery will be housed in the Heritage
Center as well, and we will offer virtual tours as well as
physical tours of the cemetery.
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