All Markers

Every historical marker in Lexington, Kentucky, listed by marker number. Published entries link to the full article; the rest are in progress as research and site visits continue.

Explore published markers on the map above — more pins will be added as new articles go live.

Published

No. 1 — Ashland Home of Henry Clay
No. 1033 — Eastern State Hospital
No. 1406 — Old Morrison
No. 1466 — Blackburn Correctional Complex
No. 1550 — Lexington Cemetery
No. 1635 — Man O War
No. 1876 — Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
No. 2174 — Pope Villa
No. 2230 — Boone’s Station (supersedes #17)
No. 2261 — Mary Todd Lincoln House (supersedes #11)
No. 2296 — Vertner Woodson Tandy
No. 2381 — Aristides
No. 2440 — Lexington’s First Airport
No. 2568 — Joyland Park

Coming soon

No. 2 — Keeneland
No. 4 — Jefferson Davis
No. 6 — First Race Course
No. 9 — Fort Clay
No. 10 — Mastersons Station
No. 12 — Mary Todd Lincoln
No. 14 — Beck House
No. 19 — Main Street Christian Church
No. 21 — Bryan’s Station
No. 65 — Transylvania University
No. 125 — Col George Nicholas
No. 136 — Lexington (city)
No. 139 — Henry Clays Law Office
No. 166 — Coldstream Farm
No. 807 — A Founder of DAR
No. 945 — Architects Shryock
No. 952 — Samuel Boone
No. 1280 — Daniel Boone Bryan
No. 1404 — Cave Spring
No. 1437 — Oldest House
No. 1447 — Fairlawn
No. 1459 — Clay Villa
No. 1470 — Wing Commander
No. 1480 — Dr Robert Peter
No. 1483 — Pioneer Leaders Founded Church
No. 1549 — Transylvania Pavilion
No. 1551 — First Inauguration
No. 1552 — Pioneer Burying Ground
No. 1553 — Lexington Courthouses
No. 1555 — Kentons Blue Hole
No. 1556 — Town Branch
No. 1557 — Prestons Cave Spring
No. 1558 — Early Land Grant
No. 1595 — Dr. Samuel Brown
No. 1613 — Patterson Cabin
No. 1636 — South Elkhorn Christian Church
No. 1687 — Mt Horeb Presb Church
No. 1714 — Thomas Hunt Morgan
No. 1742 — Breckinridges Last Home
No. 1773 — Boones Creek Baptist Church
No. 1783 — Cedar Hall Helm Place
No. 1784 — Silversmiths Shop
No. 1826 — Adolph F. Rupp (1901-1977)
No. 1864 — John Bradford
No. 1875 — James Lane Allen
No. 1928 — African American Physicians
No. 1953 — Miller Hall 1898
No. 1961 — Lexington Colored Fair Association
No. 1963 — Colored Orphans Industrial Home
No. 1966 — WBKY-WUKY
No. 2009 — Scovell Hall
No. 2012 — Gillis Building 1889
No. 2070 — Barker Hall and Buell Armory
No. 2089 — Memorial Hall
No. 2110 — African American Cemetery #2
No. 2122 — Cheapside Slave Auction Block
No. 2138 — Main Building
No. 2153 — Polks Infirmary
No. 2169 — Kentucky Kernel
No. 2197 — Sayre Female Institute
No. 2199 — Lexington Public Library Carnegie
No. 2219 — Lewis and Clark in Ky
No. 2232 — Thomas D. Clark, 1903-2005
No. 2235 — Clay and Abraham Lincoln (see #1)
No. 2238 — Maddoxtown
No. 2262 — Stoll Field
No. 2277 — First Presbyterian Church
No. 2285 — Lexington
No. 2289 — What’s In a Name?
No. 2305 — Ashland Park
No. 2315 — Margaret I. King Library
No. 2316 — Christ Church Cathedral
No. 2342 — Thomas Hunt Morgan
No. 2357 — Old Episcopal
No. 2365 — Hunt Morgan House
No. 2430 — Maj PP Johnston CSA
No. 2439 — Glengary Field/Cool Meadow
No. 2460 — Florence Crittenton Home
No. 2468 — St Paul Catholic Church
No. 2476 — AM College at Ashland
No. 2481 — Mentelle Park
No. 2488 — Phoenix Hotel- Rotary Club
No. 2514 — Ashland Garden
No. 2562 — DeWeese

Undiscovered

No. 3 — Morgan House (see #2365, superseded)
No. 16 — Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church
No. 17 — Boone’s Station (see #2230, superseded)
No. 20 — Ohio Company of Virginia
No. 83 — Alanant-O-Wamiowee
No. 157 — Site of First KY Legislature
No. 554 — Lexington Named
No. 741 — U.S. Vice President
No. 864 — Fayette Co. Fountains
No. 1001 — Ellerslie
No. 1110 — U.S. President, A Day
No. 1163 — Fayette County Hemp
No. 1215 — Man o’ War (Kentucky Horse Park statue & grave)
No. 1440 — Fayette County
No. 1445 — School of Medicine
No. 1554 — Blockhouse and Fort
No. 1780 — Thomas Satterwhite Noble
No. 1806 — Historic Land
No. 1809 — John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864)
No. 1888 — Matthew H. Jouett (1788-1827)
No. 2011 — Sarah Blanding
No. 2022 — Desegregation of UK
No. 2069 — Maxwell Place
No. 2106 — Patterson Hall
No. 2193 — Lewis and Clark in Kentucky, George Shannon
No. 2248 — Hampton Court
No. 2313 — Lexington Historic Distillery District
No. 2392 — Class Competitions
No. 2414 — Methodism in Lexington
No. 2444 — Myrtle Weldon (1890-1971)
No. 2466 — Second Presbyterian Church
No. 2477 — Historic Botherum
No. 2538 — Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 1922-1967
No. 2539 — Historic LGBTQ Site
No. 2542 — KET
No. 2545 — Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jeffery Wasson
No. 2595 — Fairness Ordinance
No. 2659 — Historical Markers Society

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