Photo Album of Muhlenberg County

This is a collection of historical pictures of Muhlenberg County. Like a family album, they are not in any particular order. There is no arrangement in character of subject or date that the photo was made. When there is no exact knowledge, many dates are shown as "circa." If the quality of the picture you view on your monitor is poor, it is because the quality of the original photograph was poor. Sometimes you will see a 'copy of a copy' of the original. You may view thumbnail sizes, and if you wish to observe a larger size of the photo double click on the picture. Many photos are from the collection of Gayle R. Carver. Hard copies may be viewed at the History Annex of the Muhlenberg County Library in Greenville. Comments by email to tbriz@muhlon.com. Picture files created by Thomas S. Brizendine


Greenville High School
Formerly a dormitory for
the Greenville Female
College -- The High School
was destroyed by fire in
1924


Wagon Loads of Tobacco
ca 1912


Photo made from about
159 North Main Street.
circa 1905


Circa 1870: Cumberland
Presbyterian Church on
Cherry Street. The alley ran
all the way from Cherry to
Main Street. View is west.


E. A. Cohen came from
Poland to Clarksville, Tn
Worked as a pack peddler
in Christian & Muhlenberg
Counties. He settled in
Greenville and soon saved
money to buy this horse
and wagon. photo ca 1904
Circa 1918: Built in 1903 by
J.W. Lamb. The Muhlenberg
County Savings Bank was
first tennant on the corner.
Later Old Inn Hotel and Hotel
Greenville. Building razed in
the late 1980s.


Circa 1907: The L&N train is
in Drakesboro and is en-route
to Owensboro. The depot is
on the left, on the east side
of the tracks. Black Diamond
Coal Company #1 is in the
right background.


Circa 1910: Illinois Central
Railroad Depot was located
one mile from the courthouse.
Four passenger trains passed
through daily and connected
Greenville with Louisville and
Paducah. The ladies used to
ride to Louiville to shop for a
day on Fourth Street.


Max Weir Store circa 1907
was onSouth Main Street in
Greenville. L.B. Knight
replaced this building with
the L.B. Knight Motor
Company in 1923.


Cohen -Solzman Store in 1927
was on the west side of South
Main Street in Greenville.


Main and East Main Cross
in Greeville circa 1908. The
Thomas C. Summers Bldg.
is on the corner. Next is the
Rogers building and Martin
Dry Goods Store.


R. Martin Dry Goods Store on
East Main Cross St circa 1909


Old Liberty School was
on the Paradise road.


First National Bank in
Greenville circa 1930


First National Bank in
Greenville circa 1938


Leslie Hale was the owner
of Hale's Corner