Clay Lancaster

April 21, 2021

The last home designed by Lexington architect John McMurtry – a man who shaped much of the high-style architecture of 19th century Kentucky – has received its death notice. A demolition application has been filed for the Thomas B. Watkins House, located at 1008 South Broadway, at the southwest corner of S. Broadway and Virginia (read more)

Categories: Demolition, Fayette County

Tags: Clay Lancaster, demolition, John McMurtry, Lexington Kentucky demolition

June 27, 2017

I’ve been at home since the middle of last week. First with a sick baby, then I fell ill, and my husband followed suit. So I’ve had ample opportunity to consider the walls around me. Not the literal walls, but the walls of the house type known as a bungalow. Built across America with zeal (read more)

Categories: Historic architecture, Kentucky architecture, Vernacular architecture

Tags: Bungalows, Clay Lancaster, porches

May 7, 2016

The American Revolution was not only a political liberation, but a cultural one too – and I think the best way to visualize that cultural revolution is to look at the architecture produced in this country during the 19th century. The classical world was put on a pedestal, and one of the styles to emerge (read more)

Categories: Architecture, Bluegrass, Historic Preservation, Kentucky architecture, Kentucky history, Madison County

Tags: Clay Lancaster, Colonel William Holloway, Greek Revival architecture, Jonathan T. Estill, Richmond Kentucky, Rosehill

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