Partnerships and Special Programs

As a small agency with limited funds, the Kentucky Heritage Council has actively worked to form partnerships with other agencies and non-profit organizations to achieve its mission and goals.  The agency also works with local governments and communities to help support their efforts in preserving their unique historic buildings and cultural resoures.  An example of such a successful partnership is with Breckinridge County Fiscal Court and the Breckinridge County Historical Society Friends of the Holt House Committee, who have steadily been gaining support and momentum to preserve the home of Judge Joseph Holt, President Abraham Lincoln and the nation's first Judge Advocate General who presided over the trial of the Lincoln conspirators accused in his murder.

Other successful partnerships include working in conjunction with Preservation Kentucky Inc. [] on a variety of programs throughout the state, Kentucky Main Street Program communities doing great work on the local level, Preserve America [], and presentation of annual Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Preservation Awards in conjunction with the Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation.