Highland Avenue Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. The district encompasses 64 contributing buildings, 6 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in a predominantly residential section of Lexington. It developed between about 1830 and 1930, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian and

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the William H. Russell House (c. 1845), William H. Russell House (c. 1840), Frick House (c. 1840), Arnold House (c. 1848), Madonna of the Trail Monument (1928), Hinesley House (c. 1840), O'Malley-Kelly House (c. 1850), and Old Winkler House (c. 1855). It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1983. The Missouri statue for the

Madonna of the Trail ''Madonna of the Trail'' is a series of 12 identical monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States. The monuments were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). They ...

is located there.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Greek Revival architecture in Missouri Victorian architecture in Missouri Buildings and structures in Lafayette County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette County, Missouri {{LafayetteCountyMO-NRHP-stub