2013 Exhibit: Main Street Lexington, 1867
Beginning May 3, 25 framed virtual reproductions of the buildings that lined Lexington’s Main Street in 1867 are on view. These highly detailed color prints come from computer reconstructions that Col. Ed Dooley created based on existing buildings or from historic photographs. Using Google SketchUp software, he was able to model these buildings in 3-D – brick by brick, cornice by cornice, doornail by doornail – to near exact dimensions and design, basing his decisions on images where he had clear visual evidence to flesh out a particular building (or side of a building for that matter). The prints will be displayed along with historic photographs that inspired them, some interpretive text describing the buildings’ features and history, and some contemporary images that will help visitors identify the buildings or locations along Main Street.