Lexington Development Company, 1891

 

Map of the Property of the Lexington Development Company at Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia August 15, 1891, by D.C. Humphreys, Prof. Eng. Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va. ; Engineers Chas. W. Forster & J.W. Link ; Field Assistant J.T. Morgan ; drawn by J.W. Link. Relief shown by contour lines.  Shows downtown Lexington, plus street names, numbered blocks and lots of the area owned by the Company.  Note: The Lexington Development Company was part of the speculative real estate boom of the 1890’s.  Few lots were sold and the new neighborhoods shown on this map were never built.