Lexington · Downtown – Main Street
21c Museum Hotel Lexington
McKim, Mead & White's 1914 Fayette National Bank skyscraper near the courthouse, reopened by 21c in 2016 as a hotel and art museum.
- Built
- 1914Built 1913-14 as the headquarters of the Fayette National Bank; HHA's history says the skyscraper was completed in 1914 and the NRHP lists 1913 as its significant year. 21c acquired it in 2012 and opened the hotel in 2016 after a four-year renovation.
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- Architect
- McKim, Mead & White
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Downtown – Main Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
The Fayette National Bank, founded in 1870, tore down its old bank and hired the New York firm McKim, Mead & White to design a skyscraper headquarters near the Fayette County Courthouse. The bank was folded into First National Bank during the Great Depression and the building later stopped serving as a bank. 21c Museum Hotels founders Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson bought it in 2012 and reopened it in 2016 as a hotel and contemporary art museum. The entry of the 1914 bank now holds an immersive installation by the New York studio SOFTlab.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Address: 167 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40507
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.