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| Constitution Square State Historic Site |
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Constitution Square State Historic Site |
| Type |
Kentucky state park |
| Location |
Danville, Kentucky |
| Size |
3 acres |
| Opened |
1937 |
| Operated by |
Kentucky Department of Parks |
| Status |
Open year-round |
Constitution Square State Historic Site is a three-acre park in Danville, Kentucky in Boyle County. It houses the courthouse that was the site of ten constitutional conventions that eventually produced the Constitution of Kentucky.[1] The site became part of the park system in 1937.[2]
[edit] Attractions
In addition to its famous courthouse, the park contains a number of buildings including Grayson's Tavern (a gathering place for many of the early advocates of statehood), a Presbyterian meeting house, a two-room schoolhouse, and the first post office west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Governor's Square features a bronze statue of the two figures depicted on the seal and flag of Kentucky, and contains bronze plaques honoring every governor of Kentucky.[1]
[edit] Events
The park plays host to the annual Constitution Square Festival the third week of each September.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Bailey, Bill (1995). "Constitution Square State Historic Site", Kentucky State Parks. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks of America. ISBN 1881139131.
- ^ (1992) "Historic Sites", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720.
