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Southern Kentucky Antique Trail

Take a short trip, enjoy the scenry. Along the way you will find some of the nicest, and most unique antique shops and variety stores in the country.

The trail will take you through five cities and towns in southern Kentucky. You will visit Franklin, Bowling

Green, Scottsville, Tompkinsville, and Glasgow. Along the way you will drive through one of the most beautiful countrysides in the nation. All of these towns on a small

loop that begins just off I-65 at Franklin, KY and ends back near I-65 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. If you are headed south on 65, then you can run this in reverse.

As you travel through this area, I urge you to take a few hours off from the interstate to enjoy all that we have to offer. This travel guide will take you throughout southern Kentucky and lead you into the doors of some of the country’s leading antique shops. With so much selection, you are sure to find all sorts of new (actually old) and interesting items.

Franklin, KentuckyFranklin is just north of Nasheville, within

an hour’s drive. Franklin is home to one of the largest antique malls in the south:

Bright’s Antique World. Besides brights there are several more shops and malls.

Bright’s Antique World281 Steele Road

Franklin, KY 42135(270) 598-9901

Heritage Antique Mall111 West Washington StreetFranklin, KY 42135(270) 586-3880

Strictly Country Antique Mall5945 Bowling Green RoadFranklin, KY 42135(270) 586-3978

Country Store3850 Nashville RoadFranklin, KY 42135(270) 586-8502

Scottsville, KentuckyA quick trip down state highway 100 will move you into Scottsville. On your way into town you will come upon Crossroads Anttiques. You will also find the Scottsville Antique Mall on the town square. Crossroads has a wide selection of primatives in a very well decorated enviro-ment. The mall is a little over crowded and on the lower end of high quality items, but still has a nice variety.Just outside of town on 231 you will find McClard’s An-tiques. McClards has consistantly been rated as one of the top primative antique stores in the nation.

McClard’s Antiques7899 Veterans Mem. Hwy.Scottsville, KY 42164(270) 618-6090

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Glasgow, KentuckyThe two main shops in Glasgow set right next to each other, just off the square.Tobin’s Antiques and Glasgow Antique and Art Gallery. Both are little pricey, but occai-sionally you will find an exception piece at a reasonable price.

Glasgow Antiques and Art207 West Main StreetGlasgow, KY 42141(270) 651-9789

Tompkinsville, KentuckyDown the road in Tompkinsville, you will find two very nice up and coming shops. Since the stores are fairly new, their collec-tions have not been picked through yet. The good stuff is still there. From Glassware, advertising, and furniture to military, unique and decorator’s antiques. Both shops are located in one block on Main St.

Father and Son’s Antique Mall323 N. Main StTompkinsville, KY 42167(270) 255-1030

Bowling Green, KentuckyBowling Green is home to Labold and Son’s and Vette City Antique Mall. There are oth-ers but these two stand out. Labold and Son’s is a variety shop and do not be sur-prised by anything you find here. Vette City is a very large antique mall with good selec-tion and decent prices.

Labold and Son’s Vette City Antique Mall326 Main Ave 778 Interstate DriveBowling Green, KY 42101 Bowling Green, KY 42101(270) 799-9652 (270) 393-9500

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Things to see and do along the way:Along the way you might want to take a little time an enjoy these eat-eries and entertainment while you enjoy your shopping excursion.

FranklinKentucky Downs Horse ParkKenny Perry’s Country Creek Golf Course

ScottsvilleGeorge Dumplin’s ResturantHarper’s Catfish Resturant

TompkinsvilleRed Barn BBQDovie’s HamburgersMonroe County Farmer’s Market

GlasgowGeorge J’sBarren County Mueseum

Bowling GreenCorvette MuseumCorvette Asembly PlantCambrige Market

This pamplet was assembled by Evan Brown. This is a publication of Shop KY.

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