Timeline of Lexington, Kentucky
The following is a timeline of the history of Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
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18th century
- 1775 – Lexington founded in the Colony of Virginia.
- 1776 – Lexington becomes part of the new state of Virginia.
- 1782
- May – Town of Lexington established.
- August – Siege of Bryan Station.
- 1787 – Kentucky Gazette newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1789
- Lexington Light Infantry organized.[2]
- Transylvania Seminary opens.
- 1784 – Mount Zion Church founded.[3]
- 1790
- Population: 2,000.[4]
- First African Baptist Church founded (approximate date).
- 1792
- 1796
- 1797 – Postlethwait's Tavern built.[7]
19th century
Lexington, Kentucky, 1871
- 1801 – Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church built.
- 1806
- Court House built.[2]
- Sign of the Green Tree tavern in business (approximate date).
- 1808 – The Reporter newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1809 – Lexington Jockey Club formed.[8]
- 1811 – Giron confectionery in business.[9]
- 1812 – Juvenile Library organized.[10]
- 1814 – Hunt House (residence) built.
- 1816 – Usher's Theater built (approximate date).[11]
- 1818 – Athenaeum founded.[6]
- 1821 – Lafayette Seminary established.[12]
- 1823 – St. Catherine's Academy for girls established.[13]
- 1824 – Eastern Lunatic Asylum established.[14]
- 1826
- 1830 – Lexington and Ohio Railroad established.
- 1831 – Lexington Observer newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1832 – Episcopal Burying Ground established.
- 1833 – Cholera epidemic.
- 1835 - Frankfort-Lexington railway begins operating.[15]
- 1844 – Market-house built.[11]
- 1845
- Christ Church Episcopal built.
- True American anti-slavery newspaper begins publication.
- 1847 – Licking and Lexington Railroad begins operating.
- 1848 – Lexington and Frankfort Railroad takes over the former Lexington & Ohio.
- 1849
- Lexington Cemetery established.
- Covington and Lexington Railroad begins operating.
- 1850
- Lexington and Danville Railroad begins operating.
- Maysville and Lexington Railroad begins operating.
- 1854 – Sayre School established.
- 1856 – First African Baptist Church built.
- 1859 – Kentucky Central railroad begins operating trains to Cincinnati.[16]
- 1860 – Lexington and Southern Kentucky Railroad begins operating.
- 1861 – August – Union cavalry arrive.
- 1863 – Lexington National Cemetery established.
- 1865
- College of the Bible of Transylvania University established.[13]
- Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College established.[17]
- 1867 – Cincinnati, Lexington and East Tennessee Railroad begins operating.
- 1869
- Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad merges the Lexington & Frankfort with the Louisville & Frankfort.
- Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad begins operating.
- Hamilton College of Transylvania University established.[13]
- Cemetery of the Union Benevolent Society No. 2 in use.
- 1870
- Lexington Daily Press begins publication.[1]
- Odd Fellows Temple built.
- 1872 – First Presbyterian Church built.[7]
- 1873
- Smith Business College established.[13]
- Trotting Track constructed by Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association.[7]
- 1874 – Lexington Railway Company streetcars in operation.
- 1876 – Gordon School for boys established.[13]
- 1877 – Saint Joseph Hospital founded.
- 1882 – Floral Hall built.[3]
- 1887 – Opera House opens.[3]
- 1888 – Kentucky Leader newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1892 – Lexington Standard newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1894
- Woman's Club of Central Kentucky organized.[18]
- Central Christian Church built.
20th century
- 1900 – Population: 26,369.[19]
- 1905 – Lexington Public Library opens.
- 1907 – Union Station opens.[20]
- 1908 – College of Law, State University of Kentucky established.[13]
- 1916 – Stoll Field/McLean Stadium opens.
- 1922 – Kentucky Theater opens.
- 1925 – Sesquicentennial.
- 1926 – Church of the Good Shepherd dedicated.[7]
- 1931 – Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center established.
- 1934 – United States Post Office and Court House built.
- 1935 – United States Narcotic Farm in operation.
- 1936 – Keeneland Race Course opens; Ashland Stakes begin.
- 1938 – Lexington Children's Theatre founded.[21]
- 1946 – F. W. Woolworth Building constructed.
- 1949 – Youth Symphony Orchestra active.
- 1950
- Ashland (Henry Clay estate) museum opens.
- Memorial Coliseum (University of Kentucky) opens.
- 1955 – Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation organized.
- 1957 – Waveland museum opens.
- 1958 – Urban growth boundary enacted.
- 1961 – Central Kentucky Philharmonic Society formed.[22]
- 1969 – Cliff Hagan Stadium opens.
- 1972
- Blackburn Correctional Complex built.
- Lexington Council of the Arts organized.[23]
- Transit Authority of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government established.
- H. Foster Pettit, former state representative, becomes mayor of Lexington.
- 1973
- Commonwealth Stadium (Kentucky) opens.
- Lexington Ballet founded.[24]
- 1974
- Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government formed.
- U.S. Federal Medical Center prison in operation.
- Festival of the Bluegrass begins.
- 1975 – Lexington Mall built.
- 1976 – Lexington Center and Rupp Arena open.
- 1978 – Kentucky Horse Park opens.
- 1979 – Kincaid Towers built.
- 1983 – Lexington Herald-Leader in publication.
- 1986 – High Security Unit, U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, in operation.
- 1987 – Lexington Financial Center built.
- 1990 – Lexington Children's Museum opens.[25]
- 1991 – Arboretum established.[26]
- 1995 – Aviation Museum of Kentucky incorporated.
- 1996
- City website online.[27]
- UK Soccer Complex opens.
- 1997 - The first shops open in Hamburg Pavilion.[28]
21st century
- 2001 – Whitaker Bank Ballpark opens.
- 2003
- The Dame music hall opens.
- Lexington History Museum opens.[29]
- 2004 – Kentucky Horse Park Arboretum established.
- 2005 – Bluegrass Community and Technical College established.
- 2009
- Boomslang (music festival) begins.
- The Alltech Arena opens.
- 2010
- Population: 295,803.
- Lexington becomes the first city outside of Europe to host the World Equestrian Games.
- 2011 – Jim Gray becomes mayor.[30]
- The first Harry Dean Stanton film festival held
- 2012 - The Town Branch Distillery opens.
- 2013 - Construction of CentrePointe begins.
- 2014
- Redevelopment of the Fayette National Bank Building begins.
- 2015
- Keeneland will host the Breeders' Cup for the first time.
See also
- Lexington history
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Kentucky
- Timeline of Kentucky history
- other cities in Kentucky
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- 1 2 3 Lewis Collins (1874), "Fayette County", Historical sketches of Kentucky, Covington, Ky: Collins & Co.
- 1 2 3 "Lexington, Kentucky: the Athens of the West". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ Jedidiah Morse (1797). "Lexington". The American Gazetteer. Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews.
- ↑ Historical Sketch of Christ Church Cathedral: Lexington, Ky., Transylvania Printing Co., 1898
- 1 2 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- 1 2 Spencer 1878.
- ↑ William Kavanaugh Doty (1915), The confectionery of Monsieur Giron, Charlottesville: Michie Co., OCLC 5869889
- ↑ Haynes McMullen (2000), American Libraries before 1876, Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, ISBN 031331277X, 031331277X
- 1 2 3 Ranck 1872.
- ↑ Jane Sherzer (January 1916). "Higher Education of Women in the Ohio Valley Previous to 1840". Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Patterson's American Educational Directory. 1914.
- ↑ Report of the Board of Managers of the Eastern Lunatic Asylym (at Lexington, Kentucky), for the years 1854-5.
- ↑ Emma M. Connelly (1890). "Chronological Epitome". Story of Kentucky. Story of the States. Boston: D. Lothrop Co.
- ↑ Charles Gilbert Hall (1902), The Cincinnati Southern Railway: A History, The McDonald Press, OCLC 2037510
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education (1868). Report of the Commissioner of Education. Washington, DC: Govt Printing Office.
- ↑ "Woman's Club of Central Kentucky". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Poor's manual of railroads. 1922.
- ↑ "Lexington Children's Theatre". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Lexington Philharmonic". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "LexArts". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Lexington Ballet". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Explorium of Lexington". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "The Arboretum State Botanical Garden of Kentucky". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government". Archived from the original on March 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Crighton, Kathleen (January 5, 1998). "Retail developer Thomas has big plans for 1998". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ↑ "Lexington History Museum". Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Samuel R. Brown (1817). "Lexington". The Western Gazetteer; or, Emigrant's Directory. Auburn, N.Y: Printed by H.C. Southwick. OCLC 10530489.
- Daniel Blowe (1820), "Lexington", A Geographical, Historical, Commercial, and Agricultural View of the United States of America, London: Edwards & Knibb
- George Washington Ranck (1872), History of Lexington, Kentucky: Its Early Annals and Recent Progress, R. Clarke, OCLC 1384576
- Z. Harrison (1878), "Lexington", Description of the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig printing works, OCLC 13741078
- "Lexington", Kentucky state gazetteer and business directory, 1881–82, Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1881
- George Washington Ranck (1883), Guide to Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Ky: Transylvania Printing and Publishing Company, OCLC 12630056
- Published in the 20th century
- "Lexington", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky (1939), "Lexington", Kentucky, American Guide Series, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, OCLC 498232
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Lexington, KY", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- "The South: Kentucky: Lexington", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
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