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Inactive Fourth Street Church has Multiple Denominations in its History

July 24, 2013 thekaintuckeean

St. Andrews Episcopal Mission Church – Lexington, Ky. A carriage factory on West Fourth Street served as a house of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, churches, Fayette, walkLEX

Two Churches and a School Added to the National Register

February 1, 2013 thekaintuckeean

St. James AME Church – Danville, Ky.Source: NRHP File, Ky. Heritage Council. On January 23, 2013, the National Park Service…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Boyle, Christian, National Register Action

Kinkead House, home of Living Arts and Science Center, ready for contemporary architecture addition

February 15, 2012 Jason Sloan

Artistic Rendition of LASC Addition The Martin Luther King neighborhood is the planned home for what is to be one…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Fayette, ThenNow

NoD: A Maysville Mansion, Phillips Folly

December 6, 2011 thekaintuckeean

Phillips Folly – Maysville, Ky. William B. Phillips began construction in 1825 of what was considered to be the largest…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Marquis de Lafayette, Mason, NoDestination

NoD: Jessamine’s Olde Hall Church

November 28, 2011 thekaintuckeean

Hall Church – Hall (Jessamine Co.), Ky. After the Civil War, many of the African American refugees who had been…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Jessamine, NoDestination

walkLEX: From Athletics to Arts, 161 North Mill Always a Community Center

November 18, 2011 thekaintuckeean

Arts Place, 161 N. Mill St., – Lexington, Ky. The beaux arts building at the northwest corner of Mill and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Fayette, walkLEX

walkLEX: Northside Neighborhood Association Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary

September 19, 2011 thekaintuckeean

263 North Broadway – Lexington, Ky. Last week on one of my walking lunches, I couldn’t help but notice a…

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walkLEX: Soup Perkins Alley and the Last “Old-Time Southern Negro Jockey”

June 17, 2011 thekaintuckeean

The new “Soup Perkins Aly” in Lexington, Ky. There is a good reason why I’ve never noticed Soup Perkins Alley…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Fayette, walkLEX

NoD: Margaret Garner (Kentucky Chautaqua)

February 21, 2011 thekaintuckeean

The Bluegrass Trust hosts a monthly brown bag lunch lecture series at the John Hunt Morgan House. In celebration of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Boone, John Hunt Morgan, NoDestination

Nat Northington

November 8, 2010 thekaintuckeean

At the Kentucky-Charleston Southern football game, I examined the program and read about UK’s “History and Traditions.” I noted one…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Fayette, sports

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