Editing Lexington, Missouri (section)

===Architecture===
Lexington has historical architecture, especially its public buildings. The [[Greek Revival]] [[Lafayette County Courthouse (Missouri)|Lafayette County Courthouse]], built in 1847 on Main Street, is the oldest courthouse in continuous use west of the Mississippi. The [[Masonic College]], also built in the Greek Revival style, operated from 1847 to 1857, and after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], it housed the [[Central Female College|Central College for Women]]. The [[Gothic Revival]] Christ Episcopal Church, built in 1848, has an interior finished in walnut and a ceiling ornamented with a Gothic truss arch. Lexington has over 150 homes and public buildings built before the Civil War, and annually holds well-attended tours of its historic homes and buildings.

In addition to the Lafayette County Courthouse, the [[First Battle of Lexington|Anderson House and Lexington Battlefield]], [[Minatree Catron House]], [[John E. Cheatham House]], [[Commercial Community Historic District]], [[Lexington Historical Museum|Cumberland Presbyterian Church]], [[Theodore Gosewisch House]], [[Alexander and Elizabeth Aull Graves House]], [[Hicklin Hearthstone]], [[Hicklin School]], [[Highland Avenue Historic District (Lexington, Missouri)|Highland Avenue Historic District]], [[House at 1413 Lafayette St.]], [[David John House]], [[George Johnson House (Lexington, Missouri)|George Johnson House]], [[Linwood Lawn]], [[Old Neighborhoods Historic District]], [[William P. Robinson House]], [[Thomas Shelby House]], [[Spratt-Allen-Aull House]], [[Thomas Talbot and Rebecca Walton Smithers Stramcke House]], [[D. W. B. and Julia Waddell Tevis House]], [[Waddell House (Lexington, Missouri)|Waddell House]], and [[Wentworth Military Academy]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>