City Information
	The city of Guthrie was chartered on June 2nd 1879. The city was an overnight boomtown brought on by the L&N Railroad Company.  The L&N placed a stop in the small city for access to other cities in Todd County by rail.  The town was a direct stop on the way to or from Nashville making the population soar very quickly.  It was once said that "If you want to go anywhere, you have to go through Guthrie." Any L&N Railroad map will show most spurs in North America intersecting at the city center. When local merchants saw the people coming in droves, they soon set up shop in the city and were very successful.  The city was truly on its way to greatness.      Named after John James Guthrie, L&N Railroad President at the time, the city flourished for many years acquiring and Opera Hall, several groceries, many downtown shops, blacksmith shops, etc. Many grand homes dotted the city as churches with towering steeples lined the sky.  Day and night the city was alive with people everywhere, a far cry from downtown areas today. When the railroad left, so did the people.  Guthrie's population decreased by half in one year.  The staggering population drop made Guthrie fall into a hibernation.  No new buildings were constructed, residential building ceased, the Opera halls and saloons closed, and the downtown area generally failed to bring in profit.       Guthrie was the light on the slow economy of Todd County in the 19th century, and without growth within the city of Guthrie, the county also suffered. In modern times, the city of Guthrie has partnered with the University of Kentucky to create a pinoeered direction towards NEW-URBANISM.  Largely through the efforts of Mayor Scott Marshall, Ex-Officio Mayor of Elkton John Walton, Matthew Bailey, & Dean of the College of Architecture - David Biagi has this project developed into a major state-wide concern.  The revitalization of the city of Guthrie through the University of Kentucky has raised the question and perhaps set an example to whether state-wide efforts by universities in America can benefit either parties involved.  In December of 2006, the city of Guthrie, Kentucky awarded the design project of the "Jenkin's Building" to Matthew Bailey.  Bailey's studio proffesor David Biagi, Acting Dean of the University of Kentucky's College of Design, assisted in the project.  The group traveled to Frankfort in January to seek funding for the project.  Matthew Bailey was awarded a Kentucky Colonel by Mayor Scott Marshall & Senator Joey Pendleton for his efforts.  David Biagi was also awarded a Kentucky Colonel for his work on the project.  In July of 2007, the project was awarded a project intiating grant in the amount of $300,000 dollars for stablization of the building.  The GMAHC will be Kentucky's first museum partially dedicated to the southern tobacco heritage.
				Daily Average Temperature  59.10*F Average Annual Rainfall   47.30" Average Annual Snowfall  10.10" Highest Temperature Recorded July 1952 107*F Lowest Temperature Recorded January 1985 -17*F
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