Melodeon Hall is also referred to as the historic McAdams and Morford Building. Throughout the history of this structure, it has consistently housed multiple commercial uses such as wholesale retail and drug stores, a college education center,…

William A. Gunn, a noted civil engineer from Shelby County, built this Italianate residence in 1866 for his uncle Winn Gunn, a wealthy Virginia farmer and strong Union supporter who moved to Lexington after the Civil War. Winn Gunn bought land…

This Italianate cottage was the home of Edward Dudley Brown (1848-1906), who in one lifetime went from slave to jockey to trainer to owner. Separated from his family at eight and sold into slavery to Robert A. Alexander of Woodburn Farm in Woodford…