Walter Warfield Building

The Dr. Walter Warfield Building in Lexington, Kentucky, is a Second Empire or Georgian building constructed in 1806 on a corner of Jordan's Row, a string of buildings constructed or owned by John Jordan. Originally two stories, the brick building was expanded in 1870 with a third story that includes a Mansard roof and dormers. A later expansion added a 2-story annex to the building.[2][3]

Warfield, Dr. Walter, Building
The Walter Warfield Building in 2019
Location122-124 N. Upper St. and 140-160 W. Short St., Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates38°02′50″N 84°29′50″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1806 (1806)
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Georgian
NRHP reference No.80001524[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1980

The building was constructed for Dr. Walter Warfield (June 17, 1760 – March 12, 1826), a physician who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.[4] Warfield was a distant cousin of Elisha Warfield, both descendants of John Warfield (1672-1718) of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Walter Warfield was a professor of midwifery in the medical department of Transylvania University in 1801,[5] but his tenure may have been brief.[6] Prior to construction of the Warfield Building, he practiced "physic and surgery" at the former offices of Samuel Brown and Elisha Warfield.[7] In 1807 Walter Warfield purchased 27,500 acres of land in Montgomery County, although he may not have lived there. The previous owner had been John Jordan, namesake of Jordan's Row.[8]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Walter Langsam; Richard S. DeCamp (February 13, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Warfield, Dr. Walter, Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. Peter Brackney (April 13, 2012). "Dr. Walter Warfield Building Central to Lexington Commerce". Kaintuckeean. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  4. One source places Warfield in the 6th Regiment. See R.R. Griffith (1892). Genealogy of the Griffith Family. William K. Boyle & Son. p. 231. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  5. The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin. X. The Johns Hopkins Press. 1899. p. 154. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  6. Thomas Walker (1934). Kentucky Medical Journal. XXXII. Kentucky State Medical Association. p. 586. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  7. "Dr. Walter Warfield will practice physic and surgery..." Kentucky Gazette. Lexington, Kentucky. May 10, 1806. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  8. James F. Hopkins; Mary W.M. Hargreaves (1959). The Papers of Henry Clay. I. University of Kentucky Press. p. 303. Retrieved May 10, 2019.

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