Hopewell Museum

A great way to spend an afternoon while visiting Paris and Bourbon County is to stop by the Hopewell Museum on Pleasant St., which is one block east of Main St. in downtown Paris. The museum building is a beautiful Beaux Arts structure constructed in 1909 as the town's post office which has recently undergone extensive renovations to better fit it for its new role. The museum features permanent and changing exhibits featuring local history and regional fine arts as well as many special events. Permanent exhibits feature local history including Civil War memorabilia that includes an original Confederate company flag; an exhibit on Garrett Morgan, an African-American man born in Paris who invented the tricolor traffic light and the gas mask and much more. The museum has its own off-street parking and is completely handicapped accessible. 

Location:
800 Pleasant St.
(859) 987-7274

Free Admission

Open: Hopewell Museum, 800 Pleasant Street, is open Wednesday through Saturday from 12 noon to 5 pm and on Sunday from 2 pm to 4 pm. Stop by and view the interesting exhibits of the museum.

Hopewell Spring

Hopewell Spring is located on the north side of Second Street, on the east side of the Houston Creek bridge. At this spring, which is located at the confluence of Stoner and Houston Creeks, pioneers camped in 1776 and so determined the town site of Hopewell, later Paris. The Martin's Fort Society of the Children of the American Revolution erected a concrete monument here in 1926.