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The Downtown Richmond Historic District in Richmond, Kentucky is a 15.5 acres (6.3 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It includes the Madison County Courthouse, a post office, a city hall, a fire station, a bank and other buildings among its 60 contributing buildings. [2]
Richmond is located in Madison County in the Bluegrass region of the state. The Blue Grass Army Depot lies to the southeast of the city. The city is served by Interstate 75, U. S. Routes 25 and 421, and Kentucky Routes 52, 169 and 388. [12] I-75 runs to the west of downtown, with access from exits 83, 87, and 90.
Located on Kentucky Route 169, this ferry service connects auto traffic between the county seats of Richmond in Madison County, Nicholasville in Jessamine County and Lexington Kentucky. The route leads you directly to downtown Richmond, Lexington and Nicholasville. The ferry was founded in 1780, predating Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792
White Hall State Historic Site is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) park in Richmond, Kentucky, southeast of Lexington.White Hall was home to two legendary Kentucky statesmen: General Green Clay and his son General Cassius Marcellus Clay, as well as suffragists Mary Barr Clay and Laura Clay.
WBON-LD (channel 9) is a low-power independent television station licensed to Richmond, Kentucky, United States, serving the Lexington area. The station is owned by Wallingford Broadcasting, Inc. WBON-LD's studio facility is located on Big Hill Avenue in Richmond, and its transmitter is located near Waco, Kentucky, on a tower shared with co-owned FM radio stations WCYO and WLFX.
The Madison County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Richmond, Kentucky, United States, which serves as the seat of government for Madison County.It is a Greek Revival structure originally built in 1849–1850 by John McMurtry according to the designs of Thomas Lewinski, the two of whom were some of the most prominent architects in central Kentucky during the nineteenth century.
Tallest building outside of downtown. 4 One Commerce Square: 396/121 31 1973 5 Sterick Building: 365/111 29 1930 Tallest building in Tennessee and the Southern United States from 1930-1957. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 6 First Horizon Bank Tower: 332/101 25 1964 7 Hilton Memphis: 329/100 24 1975 Tallest hotel in Memphis ...
When US 421 was designated into Kentucky, it was routed onto the following existing routes: KY 66 from the Virginia state line to Harlan, [8] KY 257 from Harlan to Hyden, KY 80 from Hyden to Manchester, KY 21 from Manchester to Big Hill, KY 169 from Big Hill to Richmond (including US 25 concurrency), KY 50 from downtown Lexington to Frankfort ...