Photo by Judith Moore Cheney
This information is from a post made by Judith Moore Cheney to the Harrodsburg Historical Society Facebook page:
Here is a watercolor painting by Jack Bailey of
Tandy's Tavern for Bill Evans Meng
Jack’s cousin
Paula
Bailey Freeman sent it to me after Jack died in 2011. He was a well-known
fabulous musician and also an artist, writer & Mercer County history
buff. He grew up just a little way down College Street from the old house,
right across from the entrance to the Park. He knew I would love to have it as
I remembered the house from a childhood of walking & riding my bike past
it. I treasure it as a beautiful painting and a souvenir of my childhood, my
playmate and grown up pal.
Photo by Judith Moore Cheney
There's a bit of information about the historic
tavern's fate in a 1964 clipping from The Herald. As a personal footnote: Mr.
Joe Murphy who owned the old Tandy house in 1964, also owned Mercer Motors Ford
Dealership on Main St., where my mother, Catherine Moore worked as the
bookkeeper in the 1950s. We visited Mr. Murphy at his beautiful historic home,
Helm Place in Lexington after Mama's Memorial in 1998. It was lovely to see him
again and to visit Helm Place with which we had an ancestral connection.
Photo by Judith Moore Cheney
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