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John James Audubon State Park | |
 Wilderness Lake at Audubon State Park. | |
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| Location | US 41, Henderson, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°52′56″N 87°32′53″W / 37.88222°N 87.54806°W |
| Area | about 575 acres (2.33 km2) |
| Built | 1934 |
| Architect | Donald Corley; Bernard Alves |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Norman Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002220[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 10, 1988 |
John James Audubon State Park is located on U. S. Route 41 in Henderson, Kentucky, just south of the Ohio River. Its inspiration is John James Audubon, the ornithologist, naturalist, and painter who resided in Henderson from 1810 to 1819 when Henderson was a frontier village.[2]
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1][3] Most of the park has been dedicated as a state nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves, which also added a 650-acre addition in 2016 through its Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund program.
This is 1 of 3 state parks in Kentucky that was in the path of totality during the 2024 total solar eclipse.[4]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "John James Audubon: A complicated history". Audubon – History. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Robert M. Polsgrove (September 4, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: John James Audubon State Park". National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2018. With 19 photos from 1987.
- ^ R, Mike (July 22, 2021). "Kentucky 2024 Eclipse State Park". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.