Shotgun houses were commonly built in developing African American neighborhoods after the Civil War. They generally have a gabled front porch and two or more rooms laid out in a straight line with rooms directly connected. It was said a bullet shot…

This original farmhouse was built circa 1814 for Robert Megowan. The home faced what was then Winchester Road, and is today East Third Street. It was a 2-story, 3-bay l-shaped common bond brick house with a limestone foundation in the Federal style…

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 two story brick home, a Federal style structure on the corner of East Third St and Chestnut St, was constructed in 1818 for Lucy Wilgus and her husband. Her father, Garrett Davis Wilgus, was a building contractor who developed Chestnut…

The Kinkead House was built as a two-story, single-family 1840s Greek Revival dwelling. During the Kinkead family's long occupancy it was remodeled, first with a third floor attic, then, a 2-story section on the north side in the Italianate style…