Kincaid Towers
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The Kincaid Towers is a 22-floor high-rise in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located along Vine Street between Broadway and Mill Street. Its exterior is polished buff concrete with blue tinted glass, with terraces on the 5th, 10th, 14th, and 21st floor [1]. It has a three story atrium, and a skywalk that connects to the adjacent Hyatt Regency Hotel and Lexington Center. It is named after Garvice Delmar Kincaid. [2]
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[edit] History
Construction on the 421,000 square-feet tower began in 1973 and was completed in 1979 at a cost of $20 million. During construction, major portions of the movie, Steel, was filmed there during the summer of 1978. It was constructed by Huber, Hunt, and Nichols Inc., an Indianapolis, Indiana firm that also constructed the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Lexington Center, Rupp Arena, and Commonwealth Stadium [3]. It would remain the tallest building in central Kentucky, at 333 feet (101.49 meters) for the next eight years. Upon completion, it was home to Kentucky Central Insurance Companies [4].
It features a $345,000 computer/electro-mechanical energy system that occupies the entire 9th floor, and was considered "state-of-the-art" and was derived from space technology.
[edit] Original tenants
The original tenants included:
- Central Bank and Trust Company, occupying the first two levels,
- Law firm of Kincaid, Wilson, Schaeffer, and Hembree,
- General Management Associates,
- WVLK Radio on the third floor,
- Kentucky Finance Company,
- Kentucky Central Insurance Companies, occupying the top 13 floors, and
- Morrison's Cafeteria on the second floor.
[edit] References
- ^ "1,000 Persons Work in Towers." 14 Sept. 1980. Sunday Herald Leader.
- ^ "300 West Vine." Emporis. 19 Oct. 2006 [1].
- ^ "Indianapolis Company Built Towers." 14 Sept. 1980. Sunday Herald-Leader.
- ^ "Computer Controls Energy Flow." 14 Sept. 1980. Sunday Herald-Leader.
