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![The map in the 1942 street directory shows horse farms and major roads.](/sites/default/files/styles/d02/public/KRDA/lexmap.jpg?h=9915c5b7&itok=784W249c)
The Kentucky Room's collections contain Lexington's residential directories going back over 200 years, and are some of the most useful resources for researchers looking for family information, neighborhood histories, and house histories.
![Sample directory page](/sites/default/files/styles/d02/public/KRDA/group-collections/92hamilton004_03.jpg?h=a535e6aa&itok=k9Ch0FWt)
The library has a variety of directories and yearbooks with local information. In the library's current digital collection, there is a selection of residential and street directories, yearbooks, school directories, and organizational directories. These are all fully word-searchable.
![Detail of "Report of City School No. 1, for the School Year 1893-94"](/sites/default/files/styles/d02/public/KRDA/rept.jpg?itok=4czQDA-z)
The city reports and ordinances for Lexington contain a wide variety of information about the people, infrastructure, and businesses.
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![Kentucky Industrial Directory Clipping](/sites/default/files/styles/d02/public/KRDA/industrial.jpg?h=f4f09e48&itok=7H3Igy4-)
The Library's digitized collection includes some non-Fayette County directories for businesses, farms and residences.
![City of Lexington map, 1855](/sites/default/files/styles/d02/public/KRDA/citylex.png?h=0ac108c1&itok=3qYMBP8W)
The William Stamps Farish Fund Theater is a state-of-the-art facility in one of Main Street’s busiest places.
Fully renovated and updated, the theater on the Central Library’s first floor is home to theater, dance, live music, film, community events, and meetings. The Lexington Public Library makes the facility available at some of the city’s best prices, with affordable business, nonprofit, and government rates.
The Lexington Public Library’s Digital Archives provide open access to researchers and students to learn more about the rich history of Lexington and Fayette County. It contains a fraction of the Library’s physical holdings, which are housed and available for reference in the Kentucky Room at the Central Library. New material is being digitized and added constantly, so there's always something new to find.
The archives have a simple keyword search, and it is possible to browse the collections by subject, area, or decade. The Lexington Public Library actively reviews and labels materials in our archives with statements that indicate how you may reuse the images, and what sort of permission, if any, you need to do so. Please check the information for each image to determine its legal status.
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