Walter Warfield Building
Warfield, Dr. Walter, Building | |
![]() The Walter Warfield Building in 2019 | |
Location | 122-124 N. Upper St. and 140-160 W. Short St., Lexington, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°02′50″N 84°29′50″W / 38.04722°N 84.49722°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1806 |
Architectural style | Second Empire, Georgian |
Part of | Downtown Commercial District (ID83000559) |
NRHP reference No. | 80001524[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 11, 1980 |
Designated CP | August 25, 1983 |
The Dr. Walter Warfield Building in Lexington, Kentucky, is a Second Empire or Georgian building constructed in 1806 on a corner of Jordan's Row, a string of buildings constructed or owned by John Jordan. Originally two stories, the brick building was expanded in 1870 with a third story that includes a Mansard roof and dormers. A later expansion added a 2-story annex to the building.[2][3]
The building was constructed for Dr. Walter Warfield (June 17, 1760 – March 12, 1826), a physician who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and who was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Maryland.[4][5][6] Warfield was a distant cousin of Elisha Warfield, both descendants of John Warfield (1672–1718) of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Walter Warfield was a professor of midwifery in the medical department of Transylvania University in 1801,[7] but his tenure may have been brief.[8] Prior to construction of the Warfield Building, he practiced "physic and surgery" at the former offices of Samuel Brown and Elisha Warfield.[9] In 1807 Walter Warfield purchased 27,500 acres of land in Montgomery County, although he may not have lived there. The previous owner had been John Jordan, namesake of Jordan's Row.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Walter Langsam; Richard S. DeCamp (February 13, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Warfield, Dr. Walter, Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ Peter Brackney (April 13, 2012). "Dr. Walter Warfield Building Central to Lexington Commerce". Kaintuckeean. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ One source places Warfield in the 6th Regiment. See R.R. Griffith (1892). Genealogy of the Griffith Family. William K. Boyle & Son. p. 231. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Metcalf, Bryce (1938). Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and Lists of the Officers of the General and State Societies. Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., p. 327.
- ^ "Officers Represented in the Society of the Cincinnati". The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin. Vol. X. The Johns Hopkins Press. 1899. p. 154. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Thomas Walker (1934). Kentucky Medical Journal. Vol. XXXII. Kentucky State Medical Association. p. 586. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Walter Warfield will practice physic and surgery..." Kentucky Gazette. Lexington, Kentucky. May 10, 1806. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ James F. Hopkins; Mary W.M. Hargreaves (1959). The Papers of Henry Clay. Vol. I. University of Kentucky Press. p. 303. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
External links
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- National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Kentucky
- Georgian architecture in Kentucky
- Second Empire architecture in Kentucky
- Commercial buildings completed in 1806
- Commercial buildings in Lexington, Kentucky
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- 1806 establishments in Kentucky
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Kentucky
- Lexington-Fayette–Richmond–Frankfort region, Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs
- Fayette County, Kentucky geography stubs