Horseshoe Cottage Court

Horse Shoe Camp was initially developed in the early 1930s by Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Cornwell as a beer tavern; it was erected on 35 acres of land. As automobile traffic and demand for overnight accommodations increased along US-31W right outside of the Bowling Green, Kentucky city limits, the Cornwells installed gas pumps and built cabins.

After the completion of the sleeping accommodations in 1935 the name was changed to Horse Shoe Cottage Court.  It's architecture style was late 19th/20th Century and Gothic Revivals.  Francis York was the Architecture/Engineer and Builder on record; there were 8 contributing buildings ,and 2 non-contributing buildings.

The Cornwells owned and operated the property until 1952 when they sold it to P.L. and Kathryn Forrester. They operated the business as Horse Shoe Court. In 1965, with the opening of I-65, business dropped off dramatically. The Forresters managed to hang on until the early 1980s.

The Horseshoe Cottage Court still stands; it was listed in the historical register in 1997, but unfortunately it has not been taken care of.  Below is how it looks now. 

I pass these buildings each time I drive to my house in Kentucky; I wonder why someone has not taken care of this historical place, it's our history.  We can learn so much from our ancestors, and it is so important for us to maintain the history for our younger generation. 

Then I think maybe there's a reason why someone is letting this home/homes disintegrate; so I shouldn't make judgement until I have all the facts.  At least the buildings were not torn down like many of our other historical sites.