Houses and mansions in Lexington
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Lexington register is houses than any other kind of building, 53 listings of it in all.
12 stops, 1.8 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Pope Villa326 Grosvenor Ave.Building · built 1812start
- 2Elley Villa320 Linden WalkBuilding · listed 1978510 ft from stop 1
- 3John McCauley House319 Lexington Ave.Building · listed 19800.3 mi from stop 2
- 4James Burnie Beck House209 E. High St.Building · listed 19820.3 mi from stop 3
- 5United States Post Office and Court House101 Barr St.Building · listed 19990.3 mi from stop 4
- 6Matthew Kennedy House216 N. Limestone St.Building · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 5
- 7Abraham Barton House200 N. Upper St.Building · listed 1977383 ft from stop 6
- 8Ridgely House190 Market St.Building · listed 1973353 ft from stop 7
- 9Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building141 and 145 N. BroadwayBuilding · listed 19750.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Charles McPheeters House352 S. Mill St.Building · listed 19740.3 mi from stop 9
- 11Dr. John McGarvey House362 S. Mill St.Building · listed 1974192 ft from stop 10
- 12William Poindexter House359 S. Mill St.Building · listed 1974165 ft from stop 11
1.8 straight-line miles over 11 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 12 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Lexington
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
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