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Kentucky - History

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Fayette County -Transylvania University

Marker # 1406 Old Morrison of Transylvania University

This is an early Greek Revival designed by Kentucky architect Gideon Shryock. Trustee and teacher Henry Clay guided construction supported by request of Colonel James Morrison.

Transylvania Alumni: Jefferson Davis, John Hunt Morgan, Stephen F. Austin, Cassius M. Clay, Albert Sidney Johnston, James Lane Allen and John Fox Jr., all were students at this university. Among past Transylvanians are two United States Vice Presidents (Richard M. Johnson and John C. Breckinridge), 50 United States Senators, 101 Representatives, three House Speakers, 36 Governors, and 34 Ambassadors.

Marker # 1595 Samuel Brown, M.D. (1769-1830)

Transylvania University

This building was the office of Dr. Samuel Brown, the first professor of chemistry; anatomy and surgery and Transylvania Medical School. He was a pioneer in cowpox vaccination against smallpox and introduced it in Lexington, in 1801.

Dr. Brown’s analyses led to the use of Kentucky cave nitre in manufacture of gunpowder. This helped Kentucky during its role in the War of 1812.

Marker # 1613 Patterson Cabin of Transylvania University

Built by Robert Patterson prior to his marriage to Elizabeth Lidsay. This small cabin has been a home, servant’s quarters and tool shed. It has had many sites, such as Dayton, Ohio. It was returned to Lexington by request of Kentucky, this city and the Daughters of American Revolution.

Colonel Robert Patterson (1753-1827), a large landholder, Patterson took part in founding Lexington, Cincinnati and Dayton. He helped to chose the site of Lexington, and help erect the fort in April 1779. He also helped charter Transylvania University. Patterson urged separation of Kentucky from Virginia.

Marker # 1445 School of Medicine of Transylvania University

This is the site of the world renowned Medical Hall of Transylvania University. It was erected in 1839. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1863, while it was being used as a military hospital by the Union Army.

Marker # 1549 Transylvania Pavilion

This building was one of the two dependencies for Transylvania University’s elaborate 1816 structure designed by Lexington, architect Matthew Kennedy. This building burned in 1829.

Marker # 65 Transylvania University

Transylvania served as a pioneer in higher education in Kentucky and also in the western frontier. The school was founded by The Commonwealth of Virginia in 1780. It has been in Lexington since 1789.

Marker # 2197 Sayre Female Institute / David Austin Sayre

On November 1, 1854, David A. Sayre founded a school for women at this site named Transylvania Female Institute. The school was renamed Sayre Female Institute in 1855.

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