Jenkins - A City Built on Coal
Media-rich walking/driving tour
Jenkins Public Library / Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum / Jenkins City Hall / Cavalier Café / Jenkins School Apartments Bldg / St. George Catholic Church/ Dunham High School former site
Mural / Little Shepherd Amphitheater /Jenkins Middle-High School / Las Penas Mexican Restaurant / Lakeside / UMWA Hall / Whitaker Music Store
Nine local residents of different ages and backgrounds shared their stories at the sites included in the tour. Download the Mobile App and take the tour to hear some of the big histories and small moments that have made Jenkins into the city it is today.
Appalshop and the City of Jenkins, Kentucky joined in working with regional and national artists as well as community members to produce permanent and temporary public art while also conducting innovative arts programming that fosters community interaction.
The project A City Built on Coal: Jenkins, Kentucky builds upon the celebration of the Jenkins Centennial (1912 – 2012) and includes development and launching of a media-rich walking/driving tour that highlights the historic industrial architecture and unique stories of the birth, life, and transition of an American coalmining town and its sense of itself as part of a future beyond coal.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To nd out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov
Additional project funding from Appalshop Production & Education Fund, Kentucky Arts Council, The Educational Foundation of America, and ArtPlace America National Creative Placemaking Fund.
