BGT In-Person deTour of Mustard Seed Hill

1122 Main Street,Millersburg KY 40348

04 August, 2021

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Please join us this coming Wednesday for our in-person deTour of Mustard Seed Hill, formally known as Millersburg Military Institute. Please join us this coming Wednesday for our in-person deTour of Mustard Seed Hill, formally known as Millersburg Military Institute.  The Millersburg Military Institute was a military boarding school founded in 1893 in the small Bourbon County community of Millersburg. It survived for more than 100 years until closing in 2006 due to declining student enrollment. Subsequent attempts were made to restart the school but none of them were successful. In November 2016, Community Ventures purchased the property and set out to restore the campus, save the distressed buildings and bring new life back to this once thriving community. Renaming the campus Mustard Seed Hill in reference to the biblical parable that something great can grow from something as small as a mustard seed. The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation is a non-profit advocate for historic preservation that strives to protect, revitalize, and promote the special historic places in our community to enhance the quality of life for future generations. Founded in 1955, the Blue Grass Trust is the 14th oldest preservation organization in the United States and the leading advocate for the preservation movement in Central Kentucky. The Trust is guided by three tenets— education, service, and advocacy.