. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. berty. Lexington was incor-porated by Virginia in 1782, and was for several years the seatof government of the State. The first improvements consistedof three rows of cabins, the two outer serving as a part of thewalls of the fortification, which extended from the corner nowknown as Leavys corner, to James Mastersons house on Mainstreet. The block house commanded the public spring, and acommon field included the site of the present court house
. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. berty. Lexington was incor-porated by Virginia in 1782, and was for several years the seatof government of the State. The first improvements consistedof three rows of cabins, the two outer serving as a part of thewalls of the fortification, which extended from the corner nowknown as Leavys corner, to James Mastersons house on Mainstreet. The block house commanded the public spring, and acommon field included the site of the present court house. The streets of Lexington are laid out at right angles, and arewell paved. Main street is one mile and a quarter long. Fewtowns are more delightfully situated. Its vicinity has a softnessand beauty about it, and the city itself presents an appearanceof neatness, that rarely fails to strike a strangers eye with ad-miration. Many of the private residences, and several of thepublic edifices, are fine specimens of architectural taste; whilethe surrounding country, rich and highly cultivated, is dotted overwith elegant mansions. (See note on p. 265.).
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