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The Lancaster Commercial Historic District is a registered historic district located in Lancaster, Kentucky that was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [ 1 ] It includes the Garrard County Courthouse, built in 1868, which was the third-built courthouse of the area.
Location of Garrard County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Garrard County, Kentucky. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Garrard County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Lancaster is located west of the center of Garrard County. U.S. Route 27 passes through the city, leading north 35 miles (56 km) to Lexington and south 39 miles (63 km) to Somerset. Kentucky Route 52 crosses US 27 in the center of Lancaster, leading east and northeast 23 miles (37 km) to Richmond, and west 11 miles (18 km) to Danville.
Garrard County (/ ˈ ɡ ær ər d / GARR-ərd) is a county located east-central Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 16,953. [1] Its county seat is Lancaster. [2] The county was formed in 1796 and was named for James Garrard, Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. [3]
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The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705. [5]Originally, the name lavender only applied to flowers. By 1930, the book A Dictionary of Color [6] identified three major shades of lavender—[floral] lavender, lavender gray, and lavender blue, and in addition a fourth shade of lavender called old lavender (a darker lavender gray) (all four of these shades ...
Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park is a former state park located just south of London, Kentucky in Laurel County. It is now a city park under the auspices of the city of London, KY. The park encompasses 896 acres (363 ha) and includes a section of the Wilderness Road that early settlers used to reach Kentucky.
Governor William Owsley House, also known as Pleasant Retreat, is a historic house located in Lancaster, Kentucky on U.S. 27. The house was the home of Kentucky Governor William Owsley . The property has been restored and is now a museum.