A&M College at Ashland
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In 1865, the Ky. Legislature est. the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky University. The school’s regent, John Bowman, bought the Ashland and Woodlands farms for the A&M campus. Ashland housed the mechanical campus, which
continued here until 1878, when KU and A&M split. A&M then became the Univ. of Kentucky and moved to its current location. Over.
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During the A&M era at Ashland, the mansion housed college offices,
a museum, and Regent Bowman’s residence. The cottage was a dorm for sixteen men. G.W.N. Yost, who had invented a lawn mower, donated funds to build mechanical building. 100 students were able to learn a trade & help pay for their education by working there. The building was torn down in 1926.
Dedicated August 25, 2015.
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