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Bell Court Historic Neighborhood District
The Bell Court Historic Neighborhood District was develope...
First African Baptist Church
The First African Baptist Church was founded c.1790 to ser...
Old Episcopal Burying Ground
The land upon which the Episcopal Burying Ground lies was ...
Old Kitchen Building
The Old Kitchen Building is located on the edge of Gratz P...
Bodley-Bullock House
The Bodley-Bullock House is one of the most prominent and ...
Carnegie Library
Lexington's library has a long, distinguished history. Est...
First Presbyterian Church Lexington
First Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest congregatio...
Victorian Commercial Block
The Victorian Commercial Block is an important commercial ...
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park consists of several sep...
West of Boulevard Historic District
West of Boulevard Historic District is a 69-block resident...
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Bell Court Historic Neighborhood District
The Bell Court Historic Neighborhood District was developed around the turn of the 20th century as a middle-class neighborhood near the heart of downtown. The location of the district was pivotal because it allowed residents to walk to their jobs ...
First African Baptist Church
The First African Baptist Church was founded c.1790 to serve the religious needs of African Americans in the Lexington area. The First African Baptist Church is the third oldest black Baptist church congregation in the United States and the oldest ...
Old Episcopal Burying Ground
The land upon which the Episcopal Burying Ground lies was purchased in 1832 by Christ Church Episcopal as a burial ground for its parishioners. The cemetery became extremely important during the 1833 cholera epidemic during which Christ Church lost approximately ...
Old Kitchen Building
The Old Kitchen Building is located on the edge of Gratz Park and is a link between modern Lexington and its early history, as the only surviving building from the original Transylvania College campus. The building was constructed as classroom ...
Bodley-Bullock House
The Bodley-Bullock House is one of the most prominent and stately mansions in the Bluegrass region. The home was built circa 1814 for Lexington Mayor Thomas Pindell. Shortly after its construction it was sold to General Thomas Bodley, a veteran ...
Carnegie Library
Lexington's library has a long, distinguished history. Established in 1795, it is now the oldest institution of its kind in Kentucky and possibly the oldest in the west. The library was started with 400 books, which were added to the ...
First Presbyterian Church Lexington
First Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest congregations in Lexington. The church was founded in 1784 and was then known as the Mount Zion Church. It was founded to serve the spiritual needs of the many Scotch-Irish who had ...
Victorian Commercial Block
The Victorian Commercial Block is an important commercial center in downtown Lexington. Its commercial buildings were constructed primarily during the 1870s and 1880s, a period of great prosperity and trade in Lexington's history. A wide variety of businesses were found ...
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park consists of several separate Civil War battlefields east and south of Richmond. Richmond stood as the capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. The city also became the industrial and political center of the fledgling ...
West of Boulevard Historic District
West of Boulevard Historic District is a 69-block residential neighborhood in the West End of the city. Developed from about 1895 until about 1940, the district conforms to an irregular grid pattern of broad tree-shaded east-west avenues and narrower north-south ...
