John McMurtry (architect), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American architect
Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1812
Date of Death: 03-Mar-1890
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John McMurtry (architect)
- John McMurtry (September 13, 1812 – March 3, 1890) was a 19th-century American builder and architect who worked in Lexington, Kentucky designing a number of notable buildings, several of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.According to Clay Lancaster, McMurtry is the "man whose work is most representative of the nineteenth century architecture of central Kentucky", and among his works are some "meriting careful consideration".McMurtry "produced" (as architect and/or builder) more than 200 buildings in the Bluegrass area of Kentucky, and is credited for the popularity of Gothic Revival architecture in the Bluegrass area, as exemplified by Loudoun House (built by McMurtry; designed by nationally renowned architect Alexander Jackson Davis.Some of McMurtry's notable building and architectural projects include: T.
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- Basye House, 3501 Georgetown Rd., Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Botherum, (1850), 341 Madison Pl., Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Buenna Hill, also known as Cythiana Hall, Greek Revival off Ferguson Rd., Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Christ Church Episcopal, Church and Market Sts., Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Clark County Court House, (1855), Main St., Winchester, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Elley Villa, 320 Linden Walk, Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Episcopal Burying Ground Chapel, Lexington, Kentucky, contributing item in NRHP listing Fairlawn, 6 mi.
- NE of Lexington on U.S.
- 68, Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Floral Hall, 847 S.
- Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Higgins Block, 145–151 W.
- Main St., Lexington, Kentucky, (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf, S.
- 3rd St., Danville, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Thomas January House, 437 W.
- 2nd St., Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Lexington Cemetery entrance gates Loudoun House, (1851) corner of Bryan Avenue and Castlewood Drive, Lexington, Kentucky, NRHP-listed. Benjamin McCann House, Old Richmond Pike, Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed McFarland House, 510 Fountain Ave., Georgetown, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Paris Cemetery Gatehouse, U.S.
- 68, Paris, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Levi Prewitt House, S of Georgetown off I-64, Georgetown, Kentucky, (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Sayre Female Institute, 194 N.
- Limestone St., Lexington, Kentucky, (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Thomas B.
- Watkins House, 1008 S.
- Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed Worley, Allen, and Foushee Houses, 355, 361, and 367 S.
- Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky (McMurtry, John), NRHP-listed
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