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William R. Draffen of 26 Aspen Street has been made an Historic Kentucky Landmark. As such this Marshall County home will be linked with other fine old structures across the state in the preservation of a period in American history when architecture was in its most elegant era. In selecting Oak Hill for this distinction, the commission made an intensive survey of the property which Included measured 7 1 0 'V' ifrhUnit drawings, photographs, and his Calvert plus the headstrong and torical documents. Research for energetic optimism of The nucleus of Oak Hill, which consisted of four rooms with a central hallway, was built in 1853 the year Potilla Calvert the project covered a three-year period by Draffen and included numerous interviews with the Tichenor, chartered a course which was to have an influence married Helen who had of such tremendous proportions following Individuals: Mrs.

Jessie Tichenor Robinson, Mr. Joe Bill Little, Mrs, on people's lives, as well as their economy and well-being, that come with her family and other settlers on flatboats up the Tennessee River from North Carolina. She died in 1858, leaving a its effect can still be realized Bobbie Kunnecke, Mrs. Vada as one drives by Oak Hill today and pauses to read the inscrip Hall, Mr. and Mrs.

Newt Cour sey, Miss Myrtle Hamm, Mrs. small daughter, and Potilla Calvert was remarried in 1860 to Blanche Little, John G. Russell, Boone Faith, Mrs. Nell More- tion on the marker which was erected by the Kentucky His Margaret Jane Carr, who he met in Henry County, while torical Society in 1971 to com head, Dr. Carroll Trayior, Mrs.

Altha Lee, and John Clay Lovett. memorate Calvert City's Centen on a cattle-buying trip. He set about to finish Oak Hill nial observance." The following documents also Oak Hill became the center by adding an upstairs consist CHARGE IT on Sears Revolving Charge ing of four rooms with a hall of the community's social life, In summer, the south lawn was were used in the research: The early minutes from Calvert City First Baptist Church; "The History of Marshall County," by Leon L. Freeman and Edward Olds: National Archives and way and a children's playroom over the kitchen. As their family active with young peole In the fashionable sports of the day, grew, he added additional portions to the house, landscaped The front parlor was the scene in winter for well chaperoned Records Service, Washington, the grounds and put running water into the house by means D.C.; Sun-Democrat; the Draf parties, socials and musicals, of wooden troughs from a reser fen family Bible; the Little fam Both Mrs.

Calvert and her daughter were accomplished ilv Bible; "How to Build A voir atop the windmill-powered musicians and the giant rose House," by Lawrence A. Benen- well. Mr. Calvert gave the right-of-way for the Paducah and Eliza- wood piano with mother-of-pearl son; "Around Our House," by keys always played a prominent Henry and Janice Holt Giles; part in the history of the home bethtown Railroad Company to "History of the Blood River As run a railroad through his land, sociation of Baptists," by J. E.

Mr. and Mrs. Draffen bought Oak Hill in 1948, the year they Skinner, and "Collins History of provided it would put a shipping station near his home. His of married, from Mr. and Mrs, Kentucky." Hermon Kunnecke, who had fer was accepted and the station was named Calvert City in hon bought the home in 1928 from The builder of Oak Bill was Potilla Calvert for whom Calvert City was named and who was a direct descendant of Baltimore's or of Mr.

Calvert. From the Oak the last of the Calvert survivors Hill's dining room, the future During the 25-year interim, the Draffens have renovated and re Lord Calvert. of the community was planned. Men's 100 Nylon Warm-up Jackets Mr. Calvert was one of the foun stored the home, both interior Potilla Calvert's father migrated from Maryland into Vir and exterior.

ders of Calvert City's First Baptist Church in 1876, the The Draffens have two children, Bill Draffen and Mrs Regular $11.99 school system in the early 1900s and the Calvert Bank in 1908. Jane Franks of Nashville. Draffen has written a book Mr. Calvert's daughter, Willie, SAVE on llipsc cy -ai mcn't jat'keU in navy, bur-jfnnly or bronzf. hift for early fall we allicr.

about the home and its occu was married to John Tichenor in 1890. $97 ginia's Shenandoah Valley and from there Potilla migrated into Western Kentucky in 1840 after receiving 2,000 acres of land grants along the Tennessee River and Big Cypress Creek. He chose a site one and one-half miles south of the river, on a sloping knoll surrounded by sturdy oak trees, to build his home. pants entitled, "Oak Hill, Its History and Its People." The book gives an intimate and Draffen had this to say: "The personal view of early Marshall combination of strong characteristics which were embodied in these two people the restrained, refined Puritanism of Willie County as seen through the eyes Men's PERMA-PREST Cuffed of the historic home. Blue Denim Baggie Slacks Regular $999 Illinois Reading Council Seeks Improved Instruction Rfcbt in alvlf! ami ihrvVe -any-rare.

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