Lexington Residential Historic District

Lexington's residential historic district covers about 264 acres northwest of downtown and includes the town's oldest neighborhoods, the platted subdivisions of Park Place, Robbins Heights, Courtenay, Rosemary Park, Hillcrest, Oak Crest and Westover Heights, and Lexington City Cemetery, whose oldest section dates to around 1740. Most of the 751 primary buildings were built between about 1900 and 1956. They include Queen Anne cottages, bungalows, Colonial, Tudor and Mediterranean Revival houses, and later Minimal Traditional and Ranch homes. Apartment buildings, a few modest factories and shops, First Baptist Church, the 1954 armory and the 1930 Grimes School stand among the houses. The Courtenay and Hillcrest streets were laid out by landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper. Much of the housing reflects the 1910s and 1920s, Lexington's period of greatest growth. Although some buildings have modern windows or siding, the district keeps a high degree of integrity, and about 89 percent of its primary resources contribute to its character.