Elizabethtown, Kentucky -
Approximate Cannonball in Building
It's been stuck in this particular building wall since 1887 -- but it was fired from the cannon in 1862. When the original building burned down, the cannonball was salvaged and placed on the new building in its approximate original strike spot.
- Address:
- W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, KY
- Directions:
- On the northwest corner of courthouse square, where W. Dixie Ave. ends and intersects N. Main St. The cannonball wall faces east, with the ball lodged next to the far right upper floor window.
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Approximate Cannonball in Building In 1862, 3,900 Confederate solders attacked Elizabethtown,
raining over 100 cannonballs on the town. One lodged in the outside wall of a building. The
building burned down in 1887, so when the new structure went up, they put the
cannonball back as close to the original spot as they could... [Jim Johnson, 07/15/2001]
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