Exterior Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau

Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau. This two-story building is one fine example of cast-iron architecture, characterized by cast-iron facades with details including capitals and columns, window hoods on the lower floors, and bracketed cornices on the upper floor. A design motif is the stamp of the maker, The J. H. Johnson iron foundry. They operated in Paducah until 1902 with a sideline business of manufacturing cast-iron facades.

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