Clay Lancaster of Lexington — and Brooklyn, NY

August 30, 2008

The late Clay Lancaster, the Lexington-born architectural historian, is well known in Kentucky for his books about antebellum architecture in the state. During the middle years of the 20th Century, he mapped, surveyed and photographed the pre-Civil War structures that remained in Fayette County.

But he had another life and career that many Kentuckians aren’t aware of — in New York City. This piece in Sunday’s New York Times tells some of the story.

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