Editing Paris, Kentucky (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:ParadiseCafe.JPG|thumb|right|upright|The world's tallest three story structure]]

Between 2006 and 2008, fifteen buildings were renovated in the downtown.<ref>Note: Paris Main Street manager and tourism director Linda Stubblefield quoted in a ''Chevy Chaser Magazine'' article (October 2008).[http://www.smileypete.com]</ref>

Artistic and cultural sites and events include:
*Downtown Paris ARTWALK, an artistic event.<ref>[http://www.visitmyparisky.com/main_street/ArtWalk.html Paris, Kentucky's tourism site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615135305/http://visitmyparisky.com/main_street/ArtWalk.html |date=2009-06-15 }}</ref><ref>[http://stevewalton.name/Photos.html Photos of Paris, Kentucky] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722234633/http://stevewalton.name/Photos.html |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://parisartwalk.livejournal.com/profile|title=parisartwalk - Profile|website=parisartwalk.livejournal.com|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckytourism.com/Listing/7113/|title=Custom 404 Page|website=www.kentuckytourism.com|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144648/http://www.kentuckytourism.com/Listing/7113/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum]], a {{convert|4|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[arboretum]] where many trees were planted in the 1850s when the house was built.
*The Hopewell Museum, a [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]] structure built in 1909 which served as the area's first post office.
*Duncan Tavern, a stone structure built in 1788, which houses a genealogical collection.
*The Vardens Building, a Victorian architecture building which contained a surgeon and dental office, and a ballroom, and is now a retail space.
*The Shinner Building, built in 1891, listed by [[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]] as the world's tallest three-story structure.

Paris has a [[public library]], the Paris-Bourbon County Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>