Woodward Heights Neighborhood Historic District | |
 A late nineteenth-century house typical of Woodward Heights | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by High, Merino, and Pine Sts., Lexington, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°3′0″N 84°30′25″W / 38.05000°N 84.50694°W |
| Area | 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) |
| Built | ca. 1818 through World War I |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001525[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1980 |
Woodward Heights is a neighborhood and historic district located immediately west of downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It is bounded by Maxwell Street and the Pleasant Green Hill neighborhood to the southwest, by the parking lot for Rupp Arena to the southeast, by the Lexington Convention Center property to the northeast, and by Herlihy, Cox, and High Streets to the north.[2]
The neighborhood includes one park, Woodward Heights Park, at 651 West High Street in the neighborhood's eastern corner.[3] The neighborhood has a land area of 0.049 square miles (0.13 km2), and as of 2009, a population of 292 people, a population density of 6,002 people per square mile, and a median household income of $34,571.[2] Like all of Lexington, the neighborhood is in the Fayette County Public Schools district. Neighborhood children attend Harrison Elementary School, Lexington Traditional Magnet School (middle school), and Lafayette High School.[4]
