Historic Preservation Commission
The Historic Preservation Commission is in the process of recommending two local district designations to City Council for Erlanger Mill Village and the Lexington Residential District. A public information session was held on August 30th for the general public and property owners within the proposed districts. A presentation was made and property owners gave input concerning the district designation. This meeting was the first in a series of upcoming meetings. To learn more about the process click here to view the presentation.
 On April 19, 2007, the Lexington Residential Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places. This District contains the earliest surviving residential sections of town, platted in the early-to mid-twentieth-century. The district encompasses approximately 264 acres, 741 primary and 328 secondary resources. Neighborhoods within the area were originally named
Park Place
,
Robbins
Heights
, Courtenay, Rosemary Park, Hillcrest, Oak Crest and
Westover
Heights
. The district also includes the
Lexington
City
Cemetery
, its earliest resource.
To find out more about this and other National Register districts, as well as areas of the City currently under study for listing, please click here.
The mission of the Historic Preservation Commission is:
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To recommend that the local governing board designate properties as historic landmarks;
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To recommend that the local governing board designate areas as historic districts;
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To approve or disapprove applications from property owners who wish to make changes to properties that are locally designated landmarks or are in locally designated historic districts to ensure that inappropriate changes are not made;
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To advise and assist the local government in preservation planning.
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