(Kentucky State Parks Photo)
Cherokee State Park located within Kenlake State Resort Park is among three historic preservation projects to be awarded federal funding from the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to help preserve African American history in the commonwealth.
Governor Andy Beshear made the announcement Monday that Cherokee State Park in Aurora, Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, and the Palmer Pharmacy Building in Louisville will each receive $50,000 in federal funding.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that 40 grants totaling more than $3 million will be distributed nationally from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to help preserve historic African American historic sites, including $150,000 for these three projects in Kentucky.