Lexington Cemetery (Kentucky)

Lexington Cemetery 170 acres (0.7 km²) is a private, non-profit cemetery and arboretum located at 833 W. Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky. It is open to the public during daylight hours.

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Cemetery - Arboretum - Lexington, Kentucky

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The Lexington Cemetery was established in 1849 as a place of beauty and a public cemetery now containing over 64,000 interments. Its plantings include boxwood, cherries, crabapples, dogwoods, magnolias, taxus, yew, as well as flowers such as begonias, chrysanthemums, irises, jonquils, lantanas, lilies, and tulips.

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Boxwood - Cherries - Crabapple - Dogwood - Magnolia - Taxus - Yew - Begonia - Chrysanthemum - Iris - Jonquil - Lantana - Lilies - Tulip

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The cemetery also contains the graves of James Lane Allen (author), Milton K. Barlow (planetarium inventor), John Cabell Breckinridge (Vice President of the United States and Confederate Major General), Henry Clay (noted United States Senator), and Adolph Rupp (Hall of Fame basketball coach at the University of Kentucky in the city).

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James Lane Allen - Milton K. Barlow - Planetarium - John Cabell Breckinridge - Henry Clay - Adolph Rupp - Hall of Fame - Basketball - University of Kentucky

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