The Cat's Tale in Princeton, Kentucky
The Cat's Tale in Princeton is a bookstore (Maggie Gammon) (opening hours: Mon, Tue 15–17; Wed, Sun closed; Thu, Fri 13–17; Sat 11–17), West Main Street 207 (42445) 🌐.
- House Number
- 207
- Postal Code
- 42445
- Street
- West Main Street
- Building Type
- building
- Operator
- Maggie Gammon
- Shop
- bookstore
- Website
- https://catstalebooks.com/wp/
Tourist information centers
- Cumberland Presbyterian College (Marker Number: 1453). Site of college founded March, 1826, by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. First president was Rev. F. R. Cossitt. School opened with six students on some 500 acres of land bought for $6,000. A manual-labor school, students required to work 2 hours a d – approx. 200 ft.
- Ogden Memorial United Methodist Church (Marker Number: 1932). Congregation organized in 1818 as Methodist Episcopal Church at home of Richard Barnes, a tanner. First meeting house later built beside his home on S. Jefferson St. Became M.E. Church, South, 1845, when national church split over slavery. Renamed to ho – approx. 400 ft.
- Princeton First Baptist Church (Marker Number: 2195). First Baptist Church, organized on March 30, 1850, under the leadership of the Rev. James Mansfield and a presbytery from Donaldson, Harmony, and New Bethel Baptist Churches, began with 11 members. The 1st church, built in 1851, stood on Vine Street. It – approx. 500 ft.
- Courthouse Burned (Marker Number: 579). Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky., Dec. 1864, to enforce CSA draft law and divert USA from Nashville. In 23 days he burned seven courthouses used by Union forces. (See map on reverse side.) US troops fled Princeton as Lyon came from Eddyville. – approx. 0.1 mi.
- County Named, 1809 (Marker Number: 834). For General John Caldwell. Born Va.; came Ky., 1781. Maj. Gen. in militia; Indian campaigns. With George Rogers Clark, 1786. Member Danville Conventions, 1787, 1788, which adopted petition "demanding admission into the Union." State Senator, 1 – approx. 0.1 mi.
- Shandy Hall (Princeton) (Marker Number: 1902). Shandy Hall, two-story stone home built on bluff above Big Spring, built by William Prince on his 200-acre survey made in 1798. Prince, a Rev. War veteran from S.C., began town on waters of Eddy Creek. In 1817, Princetown became county seat of Caldwell – approx. 0.2 mi.
Cafes
Florists
Clothing stores
Hair salons
Interior decorators
Drugstores
Courthouses
Banks
Furniture stores
Tattoo studios
Copy shops
Gun stores
Police stations
Beauty salons
Streets nearby
West Main StreetAnn's Silk Flower Arrangements & Gifts, Service Plus - FedEx Shipping Center, Big Boy's Barber Shop, Prohibition Art - Tattoos and Piercings, Brantley's Furniture, Feather Your Next -Linens and Stuff, Cumberland Presbyterian College (Marker Number: 1453), Ogden Memorial United Methodist Church (Marker Number: 1932), Blooms By the Brooke - Florals and Gifts, First Southern National Bank, CVS Pharmacy, Ideal Market, Honda of Princeton, F5 Auto Wash, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hometown Smokes, Hi Nails, Morning 2 Night Delights / Whistle Stop Donuts, Dragon's Den - Trading Card and Table Top Game Store, P, Princeton Drug Store
250 ft
West Market StreetNAPA Auto Parts
500 ft
West Court SquareBlack Patch War (Marker Number: 145), Courthouse Burned (Marker Number: 579)
550 ft
East Court SquareCaldwell County Courthouse, Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, Spa Services and Gifts, Joshua Tree - Boutique, The Java Table, County Named, 1809 (Marker Number: 834)
0.1 mi
East Market StreetPrinceton, City of Princeton - City Hall, William Prince, 1752-1810 (Marker Number: 2330)
0.1 mi
North Seminary Street0.1 mi
Alley 210.1 mi
Alley 140.2 mi
North Franklin StreetPrinceton Tourist Welcome Center
0.2 mi
West Shephardson Street0.2 mi
North Jefferson StreetAdsmore Museum
0.2 mi
Shops nearby
Coleman Shoe Repair and Bootery INC200 ft
Banks nearby
Planters Bank0.2 mi
Buildings nearby
Capitol Cinemas50 ft
Mark A. Wells - Attorney At Law50 ft
Woodall Agency350 ft
118350 ft
Perry's Floors and More350 ft
Jennifer Nelson Law Office400 ft
Goodwin Insurance450 ft
Caldwell Water District500 ft
Barclay W. Banister - Attorney At Law0.1 mi
1160.1 mi
Princeton Water and Wastewater0.1 mi
Clothing stores nearby
Kopper & Daisy - Boys and Girls Clothing Store100 ft
Ziobro's Weddings & Formals100 ft
Commercial areas nearby
Historic Princeton Downtown Commercial District0.1 mi
Community centers nearby
VFW Post 55590.2 mi
Courthouses nearby
Caldwell County Fiscal Court Annex400 ft
Caldwell County Courthouse0.1 mi
Dry cleaners nearby
Farmers Cleaners0.2 mi
Fire stations nearby
Princeton Fire Station0.1 mi
Florists nearby
Flowers and Arrangements350 ft
Furniture stores nearby
Brantley's Furnature250 ft
Brantley's Furniture300 ft
Galleries nearby
Princeton Art Guild0.1 mi
Hair salons nearby
Mane Attraction - Salon50 ft
Barber Shop450 ft
Classy Cuts Hair Salon0.1 mi
Hardware stores nearby
Joiner Hardware300 ft
Houses nearby
Adsmore0.2 mi
Libraries nearby
Glenn Martin Geneology Research Center and Library150 ft
Picnic areas nearby
Picnic/Park350 ft
Places of worship nearby
Cumberland Presbyterian Church200 ft
First Baptist Church400 ft
Police stations nearby
Princeton Police Dept0.2 mi
Secondhand stores nearby
Joseph's Storage Bin300 ft
Tobacco shops nearby
Princeton Smoke Shop0.1 mi
Variety stores nearby
Dollar General0.1 mi
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