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Map of Kentucky engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas (Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) Cheapside market in Lexington, Kentucky in the 1850s This is a list of slave traders active in the U.S. state of Kentucky from settlement until the end of the American Civil War in 1865.
By 1952 the deterioration in Old Louisville was obvious, but St. James and Belgravia retained much of their charm and distinctiveness. To reverse this decline and to market the value of the architecture, neighbors came together to start a fundraiser for St. James, and in 1957 they held the first St. James Court Art Show.
Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, [2] located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by slaves who also grew and harvested hemp, farmed livestock, and cooked and cleaned for the Clays.
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After a more than four-hour hearing, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted 12-1 to remove conditional zoning restrictions for the former Cross Gate Gallery, 509 E. Main St., which would ...
Samuel May House (Prestonsburg) – Home of former state senator and representative, Samuel May, built 1816; Shropshire House – Home of Confederate governor of Kentucky, George W. Johnson; built 1814; Thomas Edison House – Home of Thomas Edison from 1866 to 1867; built c. 1850s
Spirit Ball, [21] a Victorian-inspired masquerade ball held annually the Saturday before Halloween at the Conrad-Caldwell House on St. James Court St. James Court Art Show , one of the top-ranked shows of its kind in the country; held in Old Louisville the first weekend of October
Sweet Evening Breeze (born James R. Herndon; July 2, 1892 – December 16, 1983), [1] [unreliable source?] known also as Miss Sweets or Sweets, was an American drag queen, activist, healthcare worker, and socialite. They were one of Lexington, Kentucky's first notable drag queens and is credited with promoting the city's early drag scene and ...