Abstract	The Pralltown development study contains maps and photographs of the historic Pralltown area of Lexington, and includes some context and background of the history of the neighborhood.
Alternative title	Prall Town Development Study
	University of Kentucky College of Architecture Pralltown Study
Author	Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
	University of Kentucky
	Koetter, Alfred H.
	McCormick, Leslie G.
Contributor	Eardley, Dean Anthony
Owner	Lexington Public Library
Type of resource	text
Genre	government publication
Genre authority	marcgt
Place of publication	Lexington, KY
Date published	1975-09-01
Date captured	2019-06-24
Language	eng
Width	9.76
Height	11.81
Subject temporal	1970s
Subject geographic	State: Kentucky County: Fayette City: Lexington
Subject topic	African American History Authority: Local
Subject topic	African American Authority: Local
Subject topic	Urban Planning Authority: Local
Subject topic	Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Authority: Local
Subject topic	Neighborhoods Authority: Local
Subject topic	Historic Districts Authority: Local
Subject topic	Pralltown Authority: Local
Content	From “Background” on the study (p. 2) Pralltown came into being as an identifiable entity in the late 1860s and early 1870s when John Prall, prominent lawyer and abolishionist [sic], subdivided his lands in the present Pralltown area and made them available to freed slaves for residential use. From its beginning, Pralltown has enjoyed a strong sense of community and neighborhood identity. Employment opportunities for early residents of the settlement were close at hand. Adjacent large estates, the newly established railroad, the developing tobacco industry, and then the University of Kentucky provided a coherent employment base for the Pralltown Labor Force. With more recent expansion and diversification of available job opportunities, this close-knit relationship between home and job has, of course, become considerably altered. Acquisition of neighborhood lands by the University of Kentucky (presently used for parking) and the recent clearance of residential lands by way of the Urban renewal program (42 dwellings, approx. 5 acres) has reinforced an outward migration from the area. The long standing basic housing stock, largely of the wood frame “shot-gun” type, has become, in all the many cases, seriously deteriorated. Still, Pralltown remains “home,” even in its presently attenuated and “sub-standard” form, not only for residents, but also for many former residents. It is one of the primary intentions of this study to identify and examine possible means of re-establishing and reinforcing Pralltown as a viable and identifiable urban community within the context of its traditional socio-cultural and economic characteristics.
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