KY The Lexington Cemetery (Lexington, Kentucky)

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* The Kentucky State Historical Marker.


The Lexington Cemetery
is a private, non-profit 170-acre cemetery and arboretum located at 833 W. Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky. It is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Lexington Cemetery was established in 1849 as a place of beauty and a public cemetery, in part to deal with burials from the cholera epidemic in the area. It now contains more than 64,000 interments.

Its plantings include boxwood, cherries, crabapples, dogwoods, magnolias, taxus, as well as flowers such as begonias, chrysanthemums, irises, jonquils, lantanas, lilies, and tulips. Also on the grounds is an American basswood (Tilia Americana), which the cemetery claims to be the largest in the world. However, this claim is not supported by the National Register of Big Trees, which claims that the largest American Basswood is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Within the cemetery are three places that are listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places from the main cemetery: Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington, the Ladies' Confederate Memorial, and Lexington National Cemetery. @donna

* The Lexington Cemetery Main Office Building.
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* The Henry Clay Monument.

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* The Henry Clay Grave Site.

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* The Henry Clay Grave.

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* The John Hunt Morgan Family Plot.

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* The Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan Statue.

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* The John C. Breckinridge Family Plot.

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* The John C. Breckinridge Statue.

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* The Lexington National Cemetery.

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* The Confederate Soldier Statue.

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* The Confederate Soldier Section.

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* A Confederate Soldier's Grave.

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* The Adolf Rupp Family Plot (University of Kentucky Head Coach Men's Basketball).

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One thing about Breckenridge and Morgan's statues, you can see them much more clearly now than when they were around the courthouse and I think that they are now in a setting where they can be better appreciated.
Amen, Marine!
Seeing them as they are now and having missed them when I visited Lexington a couple of years ago before they were moved, the bases or pedestals they're on are too small proportionally to the statues themselves; Morgan especially is TOO low. Bill, exactly where are they in relation to the graves of Morgan and Breckinridge? There were obviously plots or spaces big enough to contain them but how close are they to the graves - do they seem out-of-place where they are, or are they near enough to make it seem "natural" that they are where they are?
 
Seeing them as they are now and having missed them when I visited Lexington a couple of years ago before they were moved, the bases or pedestals they're on are too small proportionally to the statues themselves; Morgan especially is TOO low. Bill, exactly where are they in relation to the graves of Morgan and Breckinridge? There were obviously plots or spaces big enough to contain them but how close are they to the graves - do they seem out-of-place where they are, or are they near enough to make it seem "natural" that they are where they are?

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* The John C. Breckinridge statue and grave are located in the south section of G.
* The John Hunt Morgan grave is directly across from the Breckinridge statue and grave in the middle section of C.
* The John Hunt Morgan statue is located in the southwest section of P (Confederate Soldiers Graves).

The Breckinridge statue is to the left of his family plot.
The Morgan statue is a bit far from his family plot.
 
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* The John C. Breckinridge statue and grave are located in the south section of G.
* The John Hunt Morgan grave is directly across from the Breckinridge statue and grave in the middle section of C.
* The John Hunt Morgan statue is located in the southwest section of P (Confederate Soldiers Graves).

The Breckinridge statue is to the left of his family plot.
The Morgan statue is a bit far from his family plot.
Thanks Bill - I have one of those maps somewhere but can certainly remember the layout from yours. Morgan seems too far, but I know there wasn't really any room nearby, especially the way he's wedged in between Duke and all the other family members!
 
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* The Kentucky State Historical Marker.


The Lexington Cemetery
is a private, non-profit 170-acre cemetery and arboretum located at 833 W. Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky. It is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Lexington Cemetery was established in 1849 as a place of beauty and a public cemetery, in part to deal with burials from the cholera epidemic in the area. It now contains more than 64,000 interments.

Its plantings include boxwood, cherries, crabapples, dogwoods, magnolias, taxus, as well as flowers such as begonias, chrysanthemums, irises, jonquils, lantanas, lilies, and tulips. Also on the grounds is an American basswood (Tilia Americana), which the cemetery claims to be the largest in the world. However, this claim is not supported by the National Register of Big Trees, which claims that the largest American Basswood is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Within the cemetery are three places that are listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places from the main cemetery: Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington, the Ladies' Confederate Memorial, and Lexington National Cemetery. @donna

* The Lexington Cemetery Main Office Building.
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* The Henry Clay Monument.

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* The Henry Clay Grave Site.

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* The Henry Clay Grave.

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* The John Hunt Morgan Family Plot.

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* The Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan Statue.

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* The John C. Breckinridge Family Plot.

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* The John C. Breckinridge Statue.

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* The Lexington National Cemetery.

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* The Confederate Soldier Statue.

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* The Confederate Soldier Section.

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* A Confederate Soldier's Grave.

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* The Adolf Rupp Family Plot (University of Kentucky Head Coach Men's Basketball).

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Lot's of great history there, Bill. Thanks for posting. I'm in Lexington once a year for the NAWCC Regional meeting in January, but I've never really looked around the town. I'm in the hotel where the meeting is all day. If the weather is nice, I'll need to pay that place a visit next year.
 
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