Kentucky School for the Deaf, Danville

Name: Kentucky School for the Deaf
Address: S 2nd St, Danville, United States

#10 among attractions in Danville

Universities and schools, Neo-renaissance architecture

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The Kentucky School for the Deaf, located in Danville, Kentucky, United States, is a school that provides education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school levels. Founded in 1823, it was the first school for the deaf west of the Allegheny Mountains. Jacobs Hall, its oldest surviving building, was designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of this history. ()

Coordinates: 37°38'29"N, 84°46'18"W

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S 2nd StDanville United States

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Kentucky School for the Deaf – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pioneer Playhouse, Constitution Square Historic Site, Ephraim McDowell House, Confederate Monument in Danville.

0.8 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Pioneer Playhouse, Danville
22 min walk • The Pioneer Playhouse, located in Danville, Kentucky, is the oldest outdoor theater in the state of Kentucky.
~1440 ftN
Museum, Park
Constitution Square Historic Site, Danville
7 min walk • Constitution Square Historic Site is a 3-acre park and open-air museum in Danville, Kentucky. From 1937 to 2012, it was a part of the Kentucky state park system and operated by the Kentucky Department of Parks.
~1330 ftN
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Ephraim McDowell House, Danville
7 min walk • The Dr. Ephraim McDowell House, also known as McDowell House, was a home of medical doctor Ephraim McDowell. The home was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1966 for its role as the site of the world's first ovariotomy, performed without anesthesia by Dr. McDowell in 1809.
0.5 miNW
Monuments and statues
Confederate Monument in Danville, Danville
13 min walk • The Confederate Monument in Danville, located between Centre College and the Presbyterian Church of Danville at the corner of Main and College Streets in Danville, Kentucky, was a monument dedicated to the Confederate States of America that is on the National Register of Historic Places.
~1920 ftN
Neo-renaissance architecture
Boyle County Courthouse, Danville
10 min walk • The Boyle County Courthouse, at Main and 4th Sts. in Danville, Kentucky, was built in 1862. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The listing was for the two-building complex of the courthouse and the associated jail, built in 1875, and Mid-town Park, in between.
0.7 miN
Cemetery
Danville National Cemetery, Danville
19 min walk • Danville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Danville, in Boyle County, Kentucky. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it has 394 interments and is currently closed to new interments.
~1600 ftN
Church
Trinity Episcopal Church, Danville
8 min walk • Trinity Episcopal Church in Danville, Kentucky was one of the first churches organized in the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky. Trinity Church is the oldest in-use church structure in Danville and the oldest continuously used Episcopal church building in the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington as well as the second oldest in Kentucky.
0.4 miNW
Concerts and shows, Universities and schools
Norton Center for the Arts, Danville
11 min walk • Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students.
0.4 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Presbyterian Church, Danville
12 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church in Danville, Kentucky is a historic church on West Main Street in Danville, in Boyle County. It was built in 1832. It was added to the National of Historic Places in 1986.
0.7 miNW
37°39'0"N • 84°46'43"W
The Great American Dollhouse Museum, Danville
19 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
~1710 ftN
37°38'46"N • 84°46'18"W
Maple Tree Gallery, Danville
9 min walk • Museum, Shopping

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Nearby attractions include Ephraim McDowell House, Danville (7 min walk), Constitution Square Historic Site, Danville (7 min walk), Trinity Episcopal Church, Danville (8 min walk), Maple Tree Gallery, Danville (9 min walk).