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833 W. Main Street Office Hours are 8:00am - 4:00pm Monday-Friday and 8:00am - noon Saturday. The cemetery itself is open every day from 8:00am - 5:00pm [edit] HistoryIncorporated in 1849, Lexington Cemetery was laid out as a natural landscape park. Both Confederate and Union soldiers are buried in this cemetery. Towering over Henry Clay's grave is a 120-foot monument surmounted by his statue. Other noted men, including James Lane Allen, John C. Breckinridge, John H. Morgan, interred here. (Source; Kentucky Historical Marker) Also located within this cemetery is Lexington National Cemetery. [edit] Resources
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