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United States historic place
Mentelle Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mentelle Park in 2019
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LocationMentelle Pk., Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates38°02′06″N 84°28′48″W / 38.03500°N 84.48000°W / 38.03500; -84.48000
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, American Foursquare
NRHP reference No.85002973
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 1985

Mentelle Park in Lexington, Kentucky, is a boulevard district of the Mentelle neighborhood. The district includes 48 residential structures facing Mentelle Park between Richmond Road and Cramer Avenue. Entrances to Mentelle Park at Richmond Road and Cramer Avenue feature limestone pillars. The neighborhood was developed in 1905, and homes in the district were constructed 1906–1934. Four styles of architecture are evident, including American Foursquare, Colonial Revival, Colonial Revival Cottage, and Bungalow. Foursquare and Colonial houses are two stories, and Bungalows and cottages are 1+1⁄2 stories. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Mentelle Park is named for the Mentelle family, and developers purchased 14 acres from heirs of Rose Mentelle in 1905 and formed the Mentelle Company. Lexington mayor Thomas A. Combs was president of the company. The land was purchased by Waldemarde Mentelle Jr., in 1854 and deeded to his sister, Rose Mentelle, upon his death in 1886. The company developed 56 home sites along an extended block with a segmented median, and the 48 contributing resources in the district are part of the original development.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Richard S. DeCamp; Bettie L. Kerr (July 31, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mentelle Park". National Park Service. Retrieved May 9, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. Jamie Millard; Bobbye Gayle Amato. "Lexington's Memorable Mayors". Lexington History Museum. Archived from the original on November 24, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  4. "Mentelle neighborhood's history". Mentelle Neighborhood Association. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

External links

Further reading

  • Randolph Paul Runyon, The Mentelles: Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, and the Immigrant Family Who Educated Antebellum Kentucky (University Press of Kentucky, 2018)
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