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Christ Church Episcopal, Lexington Kentucky
During Lexington's early growth, Christ Church Episcopal w...
First Presbyterian Church Lexington
First Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest congregatio...
Lexington Opera House
The Lexington Opera House was built in 1886 following the ...
McConnell Springs
McConnell Springs is a significant site in Lexington histo...
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park consists of several sep...
Monroe Park Historic District
Monroe Park Historic District is an outstanding collection...
Byrd Park Pump House
The Byrd Park Pump House, also called the New Pump-House, ...
Forest Hill Park
Forest Hill Park is a 105-acre urban park located on the s...
Shockoe Slip Historic District
Shockoe Slip Historic District, Richmond’s oldest mercanti...
Pace-King House
Located in the Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic Dis...
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Christ Church Episcopal, Lexington Kentucky
During Lexington's early growth, Christ Church Episcopal was one of the institutions that contributed to the city's image as "the Athens of the West." Christ Church, established in 1796, was the first Episcopal congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains. It ...
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 ...
Lexington Opera House
The Lexington Opera House was built in 1886 following the destruction by fire of the earlier opera house. Designed by the noted theatrical architect Oscar Cobb of Chicago, the opera house was opened on August 19, 1887 with a production ...
McConnell Springs
McConnell Springs is a significant site in Lexington history successfully preserved by local citizens. It is at McConnell Springs that the naming of the city of Lexington took place in 1775. In the 1770s Kentucky began attracting numerous frontiersmen, particularly ...
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 ...
Monroe Park Historic District
Monroe Park Historic District is an outstanding collection of monumental religious, institutional, and apartment buildings surrounding one of the oldest municipal parks in the United States. The neighborhood includes significant streetscapes and an important and unique urban park. The district ...
Byrd Park Pump House
The Byrd Park Pump House, also called the New Pump-House, is a wonderfully executed late 19th-century example of the Gothic Revival style, applied to a municipal industrial building whose purpose was to house the Richmond city waterworks. The building, which ...
Forest Hill Park
Forest Hill Park is a 105-acre urban park located on the south side of the James River in Richmond amidst the neighborhoods of Forest Hill, Woodland Heights, and Westover Hills. The park contains a dramatic landscape consisting of steep heights, ...
Shockoe Slip Historic District
Shockoe Slip Historic District, Richmond’s oldest mercantile district, is a dense area of late 19th-century commercial buildings. The district takes its name from and centers around a triangular cobblestone plaza bounded by East Cary, South 13th, and Canal Streets. Because ...
Pace-King House
Located in the Shockoe Valley and Tobacco Row Historic District, the Pace-King House is a rare survivor of the grand mansions built in Richmond just prior to the Civil War. Completed in 1860, the house is an important early example ...
