March 11, 2025
Moe Williams against S. Carolina, 1994
Kentucky running back Moe Williams found some running room against South Carolina during the first half at Commonwealth Stadium on Sept. 24, 1994. UK lost the game, 23-9, under fifth-year head coach Bill Curry. Kentucky finished the season with one win and 10 losses. Williams left Kentucky after the 1995 season with a career total of 3,333 rushing yards in three seasons (an average of 5.4 yards per carry on 618 attempts) and 38 receptions for 313 yards (8.2 yards per catch) and 27 touchdowns. He played in the NFL for 10 years, all but one with the Minnesota Vikings. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Staff
911 prayer service, 2001
The Rev. Bonnie Quantrell Jones, right, and the Rev. Sandy Stone prayed during an interfaith prayer service on Sept. 11, 2001, at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, as local residents came to grips with the terrorist attacks. The service was intended to give people the opportunity to seek a bright spot “in a day that was dark, very dark,” said Bishop Stacy Sauls, who was among the religious leaders present. Photo by David Stephenson | Staff
Louie Dampier, 1964
Kentucky’s Louie Dampier, with cup, took a seat on the bench next to teammate John Adams, right, after Dampier scored 37 points against Iowa State on Dec. 9, 1964, in Memorial Coliseum. The Cats won, 100-74. Dampier will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Here is another picture of Dampier from our archives. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
PNC Bank move, 1994
PNC Bank employees were led by “Daniel Boone” (Tracey Dunn), as they made the symbolic move from their old building, 101 East Vine Street, to their new building at 200 West Vine, Aug. 29, 1994. Photo by Breck Smither
Wolf-Wile Department Store construction, 1949
Construction was underway for the Wolf-Wile Department Store at 244-250 East Main Street in February 1949. This view is from the Main Street side looking toward Vine Street. Published on Feb. 16, 1949. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
East Main Street, downtown Lexington, 1956
Two-way traffic on East Main Street in downtown Lexington, looking east, in May 1956. The building at upper right is the Lafayette Hotel. It closed in 1963, and the building now houses the offices of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Walnut Street, now called Martin Luther King Boulevard, runs next to the Lafayette Hotel. The parking lot on the right side is where the Fayette County clerk’s office sits. Where the Chase Bank building sits now, at left beyond Walnut Street, was occupied by Bradley’s Drugs, among other businesses. Main Street became one way in 1971. Herald-Leader Staff Photo
Downtown Richmond, 1982
Downtown Richmond, looking east down Main Street, on July 26, 1982. The movie theater at left has been torn down and is now the site of City Hall. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff
Commonwealth Stadium, 1973
Aerial photo of Commonwealth Stadium at the University of Kentucky in mid-August 1973. When construction was completed in September, Commonwealth Stadium had a capacity of 57,800. It was built at a cost of $12 million by the firm of Huber, Hunt and Nichols. The stadium and parking areas rest on an 86-acre plot that was once part of the UK Experimental Station Farm Grounds. The stadium opened on Sept. 15, 1973. The Wildcats had spent 48 years at Stoll Field/McLean Stadium, across from Memorial Coliseum. Kentucky defeated Virginia Tech in the stadium opener, 31-26, as quarterback Ernie Lewis ran for two touchdowns and threw for another TD to lead the Wildcats. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Road plans around Commonwealth Stadium, 1973
A diagram, dated Feb. 14, 1973, of new roads planned to be built around the new home of the University of Kentucky football team, Commonwealth Stadium. The stadium was under construction at the time this map ran with a story in the Herald-Leader on Feb. 18, 1973 with the headline, “Plans underway to get the ‘bugs’ out of UK’s new stadium.” Nicholasville Road runs across the bottom, intersecting with Cooper Drive in the lower left corner. The diagram says “Cooper Drive widened to 5 lanes — to be completed in ’73.” Just above that is University Drive, which was extended in 1973 for the opening of the stadium. It follows a path alongside the stadium to what was a planned extension of Rosemont Garden from the other side of Nicholasville Road to connect to Tates Creek Pike. Instead, Alumni Drive was built closer to the stadium. The site of the Rosemont Garen extension instead became the site of The Arboretum, The State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, which opened in 1991. Click on the diagram for a closer look. Herald-Leader Archives
Turfland Mall Cinema sign, 1986
Turfland Mall Cinema sign along Harrodsburg Road in Lexington, Jan. 13, 1986. The mall was Lexington’s first enclosed shopping space when it opened in 1967. It closed in 2008. Part of the mall was converted into a UKHealthCare health center. Photo by Breck Smither
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