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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.
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* 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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