Walking tours of Lexington
Greek Revival is the label the register puts on more Lexington buildings than any other, 9 of them. Houses make up the largest group by what the buildings were for.
2 themed routes run through those listings. Every route below follows one kind of building. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Lexington → · 166 in all
The routes
- Building typeBanks and business blocks in Lexington10 stops · 0.7 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026The route links the commercial buildings the register carries in Lexington. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Lexington12 stops · 1.8 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links the houses the register carries in Lexington. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data or, where it has no point, Wikidata, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Local history books for Lexington
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- History Lover's Guide to Lexington and Central KentuckyOckerman, Foster, Jr and Peter Brackney, 2020Find at Bookshop.org
Kentucky travel guides
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.