Fayette

Lexington, KY

In 1865, the Ky. Legislature est. the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky University.

Lexington, KY

"Winningest" coach in history of college basketball.

Lexington, KY

Earliest recorded cemetery in Lexington to be organized, owned, and managed by African Americans.

Lexington, KY

Site of office building which housed prominent African-American physicians and pharmacy.

Lexington, KY

"Best known surname in Kentucky architecture is Shryock.

Lexington, KY

Home of Henry Clay, born April 12, 1777, died June 29, 1852.

Lexington, KY

Historic home of Henry Clay.

Lexington, KY

In 1904, descendants of Henry Clay hired famed landscape architects, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted, to design...

Lexington, KY

Dedicated in 1901 and known as Alumni Hall.

Athens, KY

Organized November 1785, by Elders John Taylor and John Tanner with 18 original members.

Athens, KY

Daniel Boone surveyed this site in 1774 for a 4,000-acre land grant to James Hickman.

Lexington, KY

Built circa 1866, this house was occupied by John C. Breckinridge in 1874-1875.

Lexington, KY

Home of Capt. Robert Boggs, born 1746, Mill Creek Hundred, Del.

Home of Richard Hickman.

Lexington, KY

This antebellum Greek Revival home was part of Bowman estate.

Lexington, KY

A log schoolhouse on east side of public square was one of first buildings outside fort walls, 1782.

Lexington, KY

African Americans were sold as slaves at Cheapside Auction Block on the public square in the 19th century.

Lexington, KY

First Episcopal church in Ky.

Lexington, KY

Famous Kentucky horse farm.

Lexington, KY

Grave of George Nicholas 1754-1799.

UK Campus, KY

In 1948 Lyman T. Johnson filed suit for admission to UK.

Lexington, KY

Originally Kentucky Village, this complex renamed in honor of Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, 26th Governor of Ky.

Lexington, KY

Pharmacist, physician, chemist, teacher and author.

Lexington, KY

This spring 900 feet to the west was discovered in 1775 by Joseph Lindsay, who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks.

Lexington, KY

The second State Mental Hospital built in the U.S. Established by legislative act of Dec. 4, 1822, which named commissioners to buy and...

Lexington, KY

The home which stood on this site from 1787 to 1947 was built by Levi Todd (1756-1807), who named it for his ancestral village in Scotland.

Lexington, KY

Isaac Shelby was inaugurated as lst governor of Kentucky, June 4, 1792, at building on West Main Street; built as a market house, 1791-92.

Lexington, KY

Founded 1784. Oldest congregation in continuous existence in city.

Lexington, KY

Near this spot pioneers in 1780 established the starting point of the first race path in Kentucky, extending southward one quarter mile.

Lexington, KY

In 1894, a group of local women established the House of Mercy on this site to provide a home for single pregnant women.

Lexington, KY

Extensive earthworks with ditch, drawbridges and magazine were constructed here by Federal forces after the Battle of "Ashland," May 1862.

Lexington, KY

Erected in 1889 as U.K.'s first Agricultural Experiment Station; now second oldest building on the campus.

Lexington, KY

Lexington Municipal Airport at Glengarry Field was dedicated on July 12, 1935 and later re-named Cool Meadow Airport.

Lexington, KY

Attorney Charles H. Stoll began development in 1907 after orphan asylum razed.

Lexington, KY

Erected 1803-04, this is the only office standing used by Clay; he occupied it from 1804 until circa 1810.

Lexington, KY

Major Madison C. Johnson, a lawyer and friend of Henry Clay, commissioned Lexington architect John McMurtry to construct Botherum in 1851.

Lexington, KY

1814 Federal-style home, named Hopemont, retains original architectural features, including a cantilevered staircase & fanlight window.

Lexington, KY

For three years (1821-1824) while a student at Transylvania University Jefferson Davis (afterwards President of Southern Confederacy)...

Lexington, KY

Built on this property Flemish bond brick home, "Fairfield," ca.

Lexington, KY

Joyland, Paris Pike, 1923-64 Home of the Wildcat rollercoaster, Joyland Railroad, a midway, Fayette Co.'s first public swimming pool & a...

Lexington, KY

Here on May 14, 1825, General LaFayette was entertained by Major John Keene who had served as his Aide-De-Camp during the Revolutionary War.

Lexington, KY

Clark, coleader of the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition, and his family spent October 30, 1809, at Lexington's Traveler's Hall,...

Lexington, KY

George Shannon, youngest member of the 1803-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition, studied at Transylvania Univ.

Lexington, KY

Incorporated in 1849, Lexington Cemetery was laid out as a natural landscape park.

Lexington, KY

In early June of 1775, a party of frontiersmen, led by William McConnell, camped near here on a branch of Elkhorn Creek.

Lexington, KY

First library west of the Alleghenies was est. in Lex.

Lexington, KY

Famous thoroughbred stallion bred by Elisha Warfield, "father of Ky.

Lexington, KY

Halley Field, Lexington’s first municipal airport, was located on Meadowthorpe Farm, owned by Dr. Samuel Halley.

Lexington, KY

One of many freetowns in central Kentucky, settled by former slaves during the post-Civil War period.

Lexington, KY

This descendant of Henry Clay and Ephraim McDowell was born 1872 in Franklin Co.; grew up at "Ashland," Clay's home; and married Desha...

Lexington, KY

Opened in 1882 and known as the Main or College Building, it contained classrooms, offices, and a chapel for student assemblies.

Lexington, KY

Home of Major Philip Preston Johnston, CSA.

Lexington, KY

Of all the great horses which have thundered over the American Turf, Man o' War remains the standard by which thoroughbreds are judged.

Lexington, KY

Margaret Isadora King, 1879-1966- Salutatorian of the class of 1898, King became the first librarian of the University in 1912.

Lexington, KY

Built in 1806 as an inn.

Lexington, KY

Near here stood two-story log house built by Richard Masterson.

Lexington, KY

Master portrait painter Matthew Harris Jouett was born in Mercer Co., a son of Capt. Jack Jouett.

Lexington, KY

Dennis Mulligan had Maxwell Place built in 1870-72 for his son, Judge James H. Mulligan and named for nearby Maxwell Springs.

Lexington, KY

Completed in 1929 as a memorial to Kentuckians who died in World War I. The building project was financed by statewide contributions.

Lexington, KY

Charlotte and Waldemarde Mentelle fled their native Paris during the French Revolution.

Lexington, KY

Revs. James Haw and Benjamin Ogden were sent in 1786 to Ky.

Lexington, KY

Originally named Science Hall, this structure was one of the first UK classroom buildings.

Lexington, KY

Home of John Hunt Morgan, "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy.

Lexington, KY

This church was organized April 21, 1827, at nearby "Cabell's Dale," home of Mary Cabell Breckinridge, widow of John Breckinridge, U.S....

Lexington, KY

Purchased in 1832 by Christ Church trustees to serve its members, it is among the oldest graveyards in Lexington.

Lexington, KY

Built in 1784 for Adam Rankin, minister of Lexington's pioneer Presbyterian Church.

Lexington, KY

Built by Robert Patterson prior to his marriage in April 1780 to Elizabeth Lindsay, this small cabin has been a home, servant's quarters...

Lexington, KY

The first school for black Kentuckians to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Lexington, KY

Lexington's first burial ground was on this site, part of "first hill" on route from fort toward Georgetown.

Lexington, KY

General Levi Todd and the Reverend James Crawford were instrumental in the founding of Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church.

Lexington, KY

Dr. John Polk, an African American physician in Lexington, practiced medicine at 166 Deweese St. before moving to 148 Deweese by 1921.

Lexington, KY

Built for Senator John and Eliza Pope.

Lexington, KY

The stream in this valley emerges from a cave.

Lexington, KY

Established as the 3rd Rotary Club in Kentucky and 182nd in the world,it first met on June 23, 1915.

NE of Athens, KY

Grave of Samuel Boone, the eldest brother of Daniel Boone, renowned Kentucky pioneer.

Lexington, KY

This building was office of Dr. Samuel Brown, first professor of chemistry, anatomy and surgery at Transylvania Medical School.

Blanding Tower, KY

A 1923 U.K. graduate, Blanding (1898-1985) was President of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Captain of the women's basketball team.

Lexington, KY

On Nov. 1, 1854, David A. Sayre founded a school for women at this site named Transylvania Female Institute.

Lexington, KY

Site of the world-renowned Medical Hall of Transylvania University.

Lexington, KY

Named for M.A. Scovell in 1913, this building was opened in 1905, with major additions in 1913 and 1937.

Lexington, KY

Second Presbyterian Church was founded on July 30, 1815, and was first led by Rev. James McChord.

Lexington, KY

An outgrowth of Lewis Craig's "Traveling Church," this is oldest continuous congregation north of Ky.

Lexington, KY

The cornerstone was laid on Nov. 12, 1865 and church consecrated by the Rt.

Lexington, KY

In 1880 the first college football game ever played in the South was held here at what was eventually named Stoll Field.

Lexington, KY

A University of Mississippi graduate, Dr. Clark received his M.A. degree from UK and a Ph.

Lexington, KY

Born in Lexington, Ky.

Lexington, KY

Boyhood home of prominent American historical painter and portraitist.

Lexington, KY

Born in Lexington, son of Henry A. Tandy, respected African American contractor.

Lexington, KY

UK initiated radio broadcasting in 1929 in cooperation with WHAS radio in Louisville.

Lexington, KY

The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (A&M) was established in 1865 as part of the private Kentucky University.

Lexington, KY

Famous five-gaited saddle horse.