Experience Lexington through the lens of mid-century modern design on this self-guided bike route featuring the work of architect Richard B. Isenhour. The route follows a safe, low-traffic loop through residential neighborhoods, where modernist homes are thoughtfully integrated into their landscapes. Along the way, riders are encouraged to observe hallmark mid-century modern elements such as clean lines, asymmetrical forms, expansive windows, and a strong connection between indoor and outdoor…

Our newest virtual tour offers a first-of-its-kind survey of log and stone buildings in Central Kentucky dating from the 1780s to the 1830s. On America's sesquicentennial anniversary, it revisits some well-known properties constructed during this early period of settlement and further illuminates their social and economic histories, The tour also draws attention to several neglected buildings and showcases numerous preservation success stories. Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment…

The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation collaborated with University of Kentucky architecture and historic preservation students to highlight ten buildings in Lexington's downtown corridor embodying the architectural practice of adaptive reuse, or the renovation and reuse of pre-existing structures for new purposes. Take the tour to learn about ten historic buildings, each definitive in the placemaking built environment of the city of Lexington, which have been cleverly adapted to…

Before the Civil War, the land on which the East End neighborhood now resides was mostly dotted with large estates owned by Lexington's elite. These estates, on the outskirts of the then-smaller city, sat on large tracts of land. After the Civil War, these large parcels were divided into smaller parcels to create neighborhoods for recently freed African Americans to rent, purchase, and build housing. The East End, as we know it today, was once a collection of these neighborhoods, small sections…