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:
Lebanon, Kentucky

Lebanon (population 5,718) was incorporated in 1815. Its prime location on the railroad made it a strategic target during the Civil War, and it was the site of three battles.

Part of the community was burned by Confederate raider General John Hunt Morgan. A number of antebellum buildings remain, however, and downtown Lebanon is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.

The city currently is working to adapt two important historic buildings-the Lebanon Senior High School (1918) and the Lebanon Junior High School (1938)-into a community center.

For more information

Lebanon-Marion County Chamber of Commerce: www.lebanonky.org

Updated November 23, 2004

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