Editing Paintsville, Kentucky (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Mayo Mansion (distant).jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Mayo Mansion]]]]
[[File:U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum]]]]
[[File:Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church (Paintsville, Kentucky)|Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church]]]]
[[File:First National Bank (Paintsville).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[First National Bank Building (Paintsville, Kentucky)|Paintsville First National Bank]]]]
[[File:First United Methodist Church (Paintsville).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[First United Methodist Church (Paintsville, Kentucky)|First United Methodist Church]]]]

=== Festivals ===
The [[Kentucky Apple Festival]] has been held in Paintsville annually since 1962. Events include live music, carnival rides, a pageant, various competitions, a parade, and a car show. The festival occurs annually on the first full weekend in October.<ref>[http://www.kyapplefest.org/ Kentucky Apple Festival] Retrieved August 18, 2013</ref>

The Awaken Conference, an annual Christian concert event attracting thousands of people to the area, is held each July in the city.<ref>[http://www.awakenky.com Awaken Conference]. Retrieved April 1, 2016</ref>

Paintsville also holds a Spring Fling on Main Street in May.<ref>[http://www.cityofpaintsville.net/events.html Event Information City of Paintsville]. Retrieved August 18, 2013</ref>

=== Museums and historical sites ===
{{Main|U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum|Mayo Mansion|Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church (Paintsville, Kentucky)}}
The U.S. 23 County Music Highway Museum gives information on the country music entertainers who grew up near [[U.S. Route 23|U.S. 23]] in Eastern Kentucky. Country music entertainers profiled in the museum include [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Crystal Gayle]], and [[Hylo Brown]].<ref>[http://www.us23countrymusichwymuseum.com/ U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum] Retrieved August 19, 2013.</ref>

The historic [[Mayo Mansion]] was built for [[John C. C. Mayo]] between 1905 and 1912. It now serves as Our Lady of the Mountains School.<ref>[http://ourladyschool.cdlex.org/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=9376&From=About Our School's History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929004531/http://ourladyschool.cdlex.org/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=9376&From=About |date=September 29, 2013 }} Our Lady of the Mountains School. Retrieved August 19, 2013.</ref>

The [[Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church (Paintsville, Kentucky)|Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church]] was designed by one hundred Italian masons hired by [[John C. C. Mayo]]. It has several stained glass windows and has a pipe organ donated by [[Andrew Carnegie]]. The first church service was in the fall of 1909.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/KY/Johnson/state.html National Register of Historic Places Building Profile] Retrieved August 19, 2013.</ref>

The [[Mountain Homeplace]] is a living history museum located within Paintsville Lake State Park, in Staffordsville, Kentucky. The museum is a re-creation of a mid-nineteenth-century farming community and includes a blacksmith shop, one-room schoolhouse, church, cabin, and barn with farm grounds. These structures were all moved from nearby locations in the early 1980s to prevent them from being submerged underneath the planned Paintsville Lake. The museum officially opened in July 1995.

Tour guides and park workers wearing traditional period attire demonstrate old skills and crafts such as forging horseshoes, quilting, and tending to farm animals. There is also a Welcome Center, consisting of the Museum of Appalachian History and a gift shop featuring regional arts and crafts.

The In the Pines Amphitheater was built in the early 2000s and was modeled after the amphitheaters of Ancient Greece. The 700-seat facility is open year-round and annually hosts the Red Bud Gospel Sing.

The museum is open from April 1 through December 31.

=== Recreation ===
{{Main|Paintsville Country Club|}}

The [[Paintsville Country Club]] includes an 18-hole [[golf course]] established on September 27, 1929, making it one of the oldest golf courses in [[Eastern Mountain Coal Fields|Eastern Kentucky]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090707015651/http://www.johnsoncountykyhistory.com/1900tofirty.html Johnson County History:1900–1950]}} Retrieved on February 26, 2010</ref> The [[country club]] was built in 1930 by the [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] and is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=EKAP>Powell, Helen {{NRHP url|id=75000785|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Paintsville Country Club}} January 26, 1989. Retrieved February 26, 2010</ref>

The Paintsville Recreation Center contains a volleyball court, a basketball court, a walking track, and a playground. There is also a small community garden on site.<ref>[http://www.cityofpaintsville.net/reccenter.html Recreation Information] City of Paintsville. Retrieved August 19, 2013.</ref>

=== Media ===
{{main|The Paintsville Herald}}
The ''[[The Paintsville Herald|Paintsville Herald]]'' is a semi-weekly newspaper printed on Wednesday and Friday with a circulation of about 5,200 copies. The newspaper serves Paintsville and the surrounding area.<ref>[http://www.echo-media.com/mediaDetail.php?ID=6361 Paintsville Herald] Echo Media. Retrieved August 19, 2013</ref>

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