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Fayette County - The University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky Main Building, Patterson Office Tower

The building in the center is the University of Kentucky Main Building. In the background, is the Patterson Office Tower.

Marker # 2070 Barker Hall and Buell Armory UK Basketball

Barker Hall and Buell Armory is the site of the first University of Kentucky basketball games. It was named for UK’s second president, Henry Stites Barker (1911-1917) and Union Civil War General and UK trustee Don Carlos Buell.

Marker # 2022 Desegregation of The University of Kentucky

In 1948, Lyman T. Johnson filed suit for admission into University of Kentucky. In March 1949, Federal Judge H. Church Ford ruled in Johnson’s favor. Undergraduate classes desegregated in 1954.

Marker # 2012 Gillis Building 1889 of The University of Kentucky

This building was erected in 1889 as The University of Kentucky’s first Agricultural Experiment Station. It is currently the oldest building on campus. It was destroyed by a fire in 1891, and was rebuilt on the same site. Named for Ezra Gillis (1867-1958) who joined the UK faculty in 1907 and served as Registrar from 1910 to 1937.

Gills Building is the home to the Chemistry Department (1905), and the College of Law (1925). In 1962, this building housed offices of Admissions (1962) and Registrar (1962-1991).

Marker # 2169 Kentucky Kernal

The University of Kentucky

The Kentucky Kernal was a newspaper that began in September of 1915. It’s location in the 50’s and 60’s was inside the campus building of Grehan of The University of Kentucky. It was established as an independent newspaper in 1972, becoming one of Kentucky’s highest circulating newspapers, being the recipient of numerous awards for journalistic excellence.

Marker # 2138 Main Building of The University of Kentucky

Opened in 1882 and known as the Main or College Building, it contained classrooms, offices, and a chapel for student assemblies.

Marker # 2069 Maxwell Place of The University of Kentucky

Maxwell place was built in 1870-1872 for Judge James H. Mulligan, and was named for the nearby Maxwell Springs. The property and home were purchased by The University of Kentucky in 1917, as the official president’s residence. The house first housed President Frank L. McVey, and has housed every UK president since.

Marker # 2089 Memorial Hall of The University of Kentucky

This building was completed in 1929 as a memorial to Kentucky who died in World War I. Rosters of the deceased are mounted on the interior walls. The building has become a symbol of the University of Kentucky.

Marker # 1953 Miller Hall 1898 of The University of Kentucky

Originally named Science Hall, it was one of the first UK classroom buildings. In 1940, it was renamed to honor Arthur McQuiston Miller (1861-1929), first Dean of Arts and Sciences, professor of geology, and first football coach at UK.

Marker # 2106 Patterson Hall of The University of Kentucky

Women first enrolled at UK in 1880. In 1888, Belle Clement Gunn became the first woman awarded a degree. This building was specifically used for a women’s dormitory.

Patterson Hall is named for President James K. Pattererson. Henry Stites Barker, UK’s second president lived in the dormitory during his presidency. It is the oldest UK dormitory still in existence.

Marker # 2011 Sarah Blanding of The University of Kentucky

Sarah Blanding was a 1923 UK graduate. Blanding (1898-1985) was President of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Captain of the women’s basketball team. Blanding was named UK Dean of Women in 1925.

Marker # 2009 Scovell Hall of The University of Kentucky

Scovell Hall was named for M.A. Scovell in 1913. For many years, this building was the largest building on campus.

Melville Amasa Scovell Ph.D., (1855-1912) was named the first director of the Experiment Station in 1885 and the first dean and director of the College of Agriculture in 1910. During his tenure, the staff increased from 3 to 60.

Marker # 2232 Thomas D. Clark (1903-2005)

The University of Kentucky

Dr. Thomas D. Clark, a graduate of University of Mississippi. He received his M.A. degree from UK and a Ph.D. from Duke University. He served as a historian at UK from 1931 to 1968, he chaired the history department for 23 years. Dr. Clark helped to establish both the UK libraries’ Special Collections and the University Press of Kentucky. Dr. Thomas D. Clark authored and edited over thirty books. He also served as president of the Organization of American Historians.

Marker # 1714 Thomas Hunt Morgan

The University of Kentucky

Thomas Hunt Morgan was the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize. Morgan’s research team confirmed Mendel’s laws, proved reality of gene as part of chromosome, showed sex determined by chromosomes, demonstrated dominant and recessive traits. The University of Kentucky named the new school of biological sciences for Thomas Morgan.

Thomas Hunt Morgan, Fayette Count Kentucky

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Marker # 1966 WBKY/WUKY

The University of Kentucky

UK initiated radio broadcasting in 1929 in cooperation with WHAS, in Louisville.

In 1944, UK established a radio station on the campus and WBKY began broadcasting from McVey Hall. The station call letters were changed from WBKY to WUKY in 1989. WBKY/WUKY is the oldest university owned FM station in the United States, and Kentucky’s public radio station.

Marker # 1480 Dr. Robert Peter

Dr. Robert Peter was a pharmacist, physician, chemist, teacher and author. Born in England in 1805, he came to Lexington in 1832. Dr. Peter was associated with Transylvania University more than 50 years; elected to chair of chemistry and pharmacy and Dean of Medical School. Also professor of chemistry at Kentucky University. He lectured daily in both schools.

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