Historic Architecture of Lexington, Kentucky, and the Blue Grass Region
Author : Wanda V. Dole
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Wanda V. Dole
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : James C. Klotter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0813140439
Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West," Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visual arts, architecture, and music, and the center of the horse breeding and racing industries. The national impact of the Bluegrass was further confirmed by prominent Kentucky figures such as Henry Clay and John C. Breckinridge. Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852, chronicles Lexington's development as one of the most important educational and cultural centers in America during the first half of the nineteenth century. Editors Daniel Rowland and James C. Klotter gather leading scholars to examine the successes and failures of Central Kentuckians from statehood to the death of Henry Clay, in an investigation of the area's cultural and economic development and national influence. Bluegrass Renaissance is an interdisciplinary study of the evolution of Lexington's status as antebellum Kentucky's cultural metropolis.
Author : Pieter Estersohn
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1580933564
In Kentucky: Historic Houses and Horse Farms, pre-eminent architectural and interiors photographer Pieter Estersohn guides us through Bluegrass Country, the legendary landscape around Lexington, Kentucky. The wealthiest town west of the Alleghenies prior to the Civil War, Lexington has a rich architectural and cultural history that is manifest in the elegant houses within and around the center. Equally compelling is the equestrian heritage that has made Lexington the “Horse Capital of the World.” Among the properties presented are Ashland, an Italian-inspired villa built for distinguished statesman and orator Henry Clay; Pope Villa, one of only two extant residences by Benjamin Latrobe, the architect of the U.S. Capitol; Waveland, a completely intact Greek Revival estate from the 1830s; and Pleasant Hill, the largest restored Shaker community in the country. Dramatic aerial photographs celebrate the rolling landscape and expansive horse farms, including Gainesway Farm, a 1,500 acre site that has produced an impressive roster of legendary Throughbreds. Kentucky is a multifaceted and compelling portrait of a unique part of our country that combines a reverence for history and Southern traditions of hospitality and generosity with a vital present.
Author : John D. Wright, Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 1982-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780912839042
"This is a perceptively written, generously illustrated chronicle of the founding and development of a unique and vibrant community that has served as the cultural and economic center of Kentucky's famed Bluegrass region for more than 200 years. This rich tapestry of people, architecture, dates, facts, figures, and anecdotes covers every facet of Lexington's history."
Author : Foster Ockerman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1439671346
“Give[s] a history of Lexington and the region with a special focus on the historic neighborhoods of Lexington and historic sites around the Bluegrass.” —The Kaintuckeean The Athens of the West. The Horse Capital of the World. The Home to the Greatest Tradition in College Basketball. Heart of the Bluegrass. Lexington has a lot of names and an even richer history. The region played an oversized role in America’s educational, political, religious and cultural development. Visit a historic AME church in downtown Lexington that was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. Walk through fifteen local historic districts. Explore an equine cemetery. Join historians Foster Ockerman Jr. and Peter Brackney on a tour through historic sites and buildings in Lexington and central Kentucky.
Author : Carolyn Murray-Wooley
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,46 MB
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0813147794
Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences.
Author : Mary Jo Joseph
Publisher : Turner
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781563115349
Author : William Lynwood Montell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 081318410X
A concise and amply illustrated introduction to Kentucky folk structures—log cabins, houses, cribs, and barns—that should be treasured as irreplaceable expressions of the cultural values of the Commonwealth's past.
Author : Lexington-Fayette County Chamber of Commerce (Ky.)
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 17,22 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Bluegrass Region (Ky.)
ISBN :
A short history of Lexington, "The Blue Grass Region" and the early settlement of Kentucky. Prepared especially for America's school children and grown-ups who are interested in the historic shrines of Lexington and the Blue Grass. By F. E. Smith, Lexington, Ky.
Author : George Washington Ranck
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,17 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Lexington (Ky.)
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