Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality.

Preserve America Community:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

The original lots and streets of Elizabethtown (population 22,542) were laid out in 1797. Abraham Lincoln's parents were among the community's early settlers, and Lincoln was born about 12 miles away in what is today Hodgenville.

Downtown Elizabethtown is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, and the city hosts walking tours with guides portraying historic figures each summer.

The rehabilitation of the historic State Street Theater (1942)-one of the few remaining examples of Art Deco architecture in Hardin County-is a cornerstone project in the continuous revitalization of downtown Elizabethtown.

For more information

City of Elizabethtown: www.elizabethtownky.org/
Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Commission: www.touretown.com/

Updated November 23, 2004

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