Kentucky landowner works to preserve, restore 200-year-old Choctaw Academy dormitory

By: Deborah Yetter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 1,660

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Shopping for a farm in Scott County, Dr. William “Chip” Richardson, a Georgetown ophthalmologist, found one with a feature that grabbed his attention.

“There was this really old building,” said Richardson, who discovered that the stone structure was all that remained of a Native American school established for members of the Choctaw Nation in Kentucky in the early 1800s.

Now he’s immersed in a years-long effort to restore and preserve it.

“I felt like I …

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