Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building

United States historic place

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Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

The Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building in 2019
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Location	111-113 Cheapside St., Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°02′52″N 84°29′54″W / 38.04778°N 84.49833°W / 38.04778; -84.49833 (Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890
Architect	Herman L. Rowe
Architectural style	Gothic, High Victorian
Part of	Downtown Commercial District (ID83000559)
NRHP reference No.	80001514
Added to NRHP	August 11, 1980
Designated CP	August 25, 1983

The Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building in Lexington, Kentucky, is a commercial building designed by Herman L. Rowe and constructed in 1890. The stone facade was described as "a strange but compelling mixture of Italianate, Neo-Greek, Gothic, and Romanesque motifs," and "not excelled in appearance by any building in Kentucky." It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

The building was constructed for the Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company, organized in 1890 and absorbed by the larger Security Trust and Safety Vault Company in 1892. An early tenant of the building was Lexington's Moving Picture Theatorium.

Architect Herman L. Rowe also designed Lexington's Carnegie library in the Gratz Park Historic District and Argyle Hall at the former Campbell–Hagerman College. He was the supervising architect for the Lexington Opera House, designed by Oscar Cobb and constructed in 1887. The Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Archived at "Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building". Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Walter Langsam; Richard S. DeCamp (February 28, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2019. With accompanying five photos from 1980
"Judge Mat Walton..." The Evening Bulletin. Maysville, Kentucky. April 25, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
"Two of the trust companies at Lexington..." The Evening Bulletin. Maysville, Kentucky. February 1, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
John Dean Wright (1982). Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky. p. 107.

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