Old Log Court House

Historical marker location:

Cynthiana, Kentucky

( 10 Court St., Cynthiana)

Oldest house in Cynthiana, built 1790. Young Henry Clay practiced law here, 1806. In 1817, city's first newspaper, the Guardian of Liberty, was printed by Adam Keenan, assisted by H. H. Kavanaugh, later a noted Bishop, and Dudley Mann, who became a diplomat to France. Guthrie's Arithmetic, first to be published west of Alleghenies, was also printed here.

Bishops Books Henry Clay Courthouses Battle of Cynthiana Newspapers