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Adsmore is a living history museum located on North Jefferson Street in Princeton, Kentucky. It is the only living home museum in Kentucky. Its name... is believed to be derived because of numerous additions and renovations over one-hundred and fifty years. Adsmore was originally constructed as the Greek Revival-style residence of dry goods merchant John Higgins in 1854. James B. Hewitt owned the residence from about 1870 until 1900. At that time, it was sold to John Parker Smith, of the prominent Smith-Garrett family, who employed Brinton B. Davis to enlarge it in his noted Colonial Revival style. The house passed to Smith's daughter, Mayme Garrett, on his death. Garrett's daughter, Katherine Garrett, inherited Adsmore and made it her home until her death in September 1984. She bequeathed the Adsmore estate to the trustees of the George Coon Public Library. Her will stipulated that all of its elaborate furnishings to be restored and that the house be maintained as a public museum. Along with the residence, her endowment for the operation of a museum is said to be over $1,000,000. Adsmore was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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James R. Wigginton is an American singer, pianist, and vocal coach originally from Princeton, Kentucky. Over 300 artists/vocalists all over the... world currently call him their vocal coach. He currently conducts master classes and seminars all over the world, including work in South America as a part of Músico a Músico. He has worked with nationally known vocal artists such as John Michael Montgomery , Jessica Andrews , Marcel , Trenna Barnes , Shannon Brown , and Grammy Winner Lynn Marie Rink. Mr. Wigginton's personal performance and/or recording credits include: solo artist; background singer ; session singer ; production and/or film ; Concert and Solo Pianist; Live Theatre and Opera Performances .
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Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the Upper South of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth . Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States. Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is... present in many of the pastures throughout the state, because of the fertile soil. It made possible the breeding of high-quality livestock, especially thoroughbred racing horses. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park; the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States; and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, the largest free-ranging elk herd east of Montana, and the nation's most productive coalfield.
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