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Monday, July 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM

Lexington Freedmen’s Village Talk Topic

Lexington Freedmen’s Village Talk Topic
THIS PHOTO shows the house at 301 McLaughlin Street when the turnpike ran directly in front of it. The house, while not a part of Newtown, was built in 1849 by a former slave. The history of the house will be part of the discussion at Sunday’s HLF presentation.

What links Sunnyside farm ‒ where the Kendal at Lexington retirement community is now ‒ with a historic freedmen’s village called Newtown, once located on present Ross Road, and a 175-year-old brick house on the west edge of Lexington?

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