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County: Fayette

Clay Villa, ca. 1845

Marker Number: 

1459

Location: 

221 Forest Avenue, Lexington

Home of James B. Clay, son of Henry Clay. Designed by Major Thomas Lewinski, as an Italianate villa. Floor plan consisted of central hall with 4 rooms on each floor. Thomas Clay's home, Mansfield, on Richmond Rd. designed at same time. James Clay (1817-64) practiced law with his father; charge d'affaires in Portugal, Congressman and member of Peace Commission, 1861.

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