Boyle County Courthouse, Danville

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This file appears in: Willis Russell House

The first Boyle County Courthouse was built in 1842 and was destroyed by fire in 1860. The courthouse shown here was completed in 1862. Willis Russell, being a free man of color, would have conducted business in the original courthouse. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Willis Russell House

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2386 notes the location of the Willis Russell House in Danville. Russell, a free man of color who lived in the house, taught African American children during the mid-nineteenth…