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Fairview
About 1793, Samuel C. Davis emigrated from Georgia and settled
in Kentucky in the present community of Fairview. Here he built a
log residence on the spot of ground which the Bethel Baptist Church now
stands. Davis opened and kept a wayfarers rest and established the
Davisburg post office October 1, 1802. Years later the place was
called Georgetown for George Nichols, the first merchant there. Col.
William Morrow initiated the incorporation of the town of Fairview February
6, 1846. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and hospital benefactor
Dr. Edward Stuart are well known men from this community.
Wayfarers Rest 1886
Birthplace of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, June 3,
1808.
Home of Samuel C. and Jane Cook Davis. This landmark was
town down in 1886 and Bethel Baptist Church built on the site. A
replica was built on the grounds of Jefferson Davis Park and dedicated
October 19, 1924.
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Original Entrance to
Jefferson Davis Park, 1909
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Jefferson Davis Monument
Construction on the monument took about seven years (June 1917- June
1924) and cost $200,000 to build. The funds were collected by Confederate
veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy. The architect was
S. F. Crecellus and teh Contractor was George R. Gregg, Louisville.
Dedication Day for Jefferson Davis Monument
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June 7, 1924 was Dedication Day for the Monument. David Wright
placed a metal cap on top ofthe monument that day. Built of Kentucky
limestone, it is the tallest concrete monument in the U.S. The shaft
is 351 feet high; 30 stories high; 35 X 35 feet at the base; it rests
on 19 feet of concrete on a limestone foundation. An electric elevator
was installed in 1929.
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The finished monument!
Pictured here on Dedication Day, June 7, 1924.
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Fairview is also home to
Bethel
Baptist Church
Fairview
Methodist Church
Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Gateway From The Past
©William Turner,1981
©2001
All Rights Reserved
Photos used with permission of William Turner, Historian
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