Boyle County Courthouse

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Boyle County Courthouse

When the Kentucky School for the Deaf began classes in 1823, they first met in "The Yellow House," a former tavern. This structure was located at the corner of Main and Fourth streets in downtown Danville, near the Boyle County Courthouse. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

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Historical Marker #197 in Danville commemorates the founding of the Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), "the first state-supported school in the United States for the instruction of deaf children." In the early nineteenth century,…