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Living in Shriners
Shriners is one of southeast Lexington's quietly upscale pockets — turn in off Richmond Road and the city drops away into big lawns, mature trees and streets that go nowhere in particular. It is an established, settled neighborhood for buyers who want room and privacy with Chevy Chase's dining and shopping a few minutes up the road.
The name comes from the Shriners Hospital for Children that stood inside it. The hospital is gone — it moved to the University of Kentucky HealthCare campus in 2017 — but the name stuck, and so did the building.
It took shape around the late 1950s and it has the generous proportions of that era: large houses on substantial, well-kept lots under decades of tree growth. The location has kept it consistently desirable, because you get a genuinely serene setting about a mile from the Euclid Avenue corridor.
It took shape around the late 1950s and it has the generous proportions of that era: large houses on substantial, well-kept lots under decades of tree growth. The location has kept it consistently desirable, because you get a genuinely serene setting about a mile from the Euclid Avenue corridor.
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Inside Shriners
- The neighborhood takes its name from the Shriners Hospital for Children that operated within it for more than sixty years.
The Shriners system began treating pediatric patients — originally polio cases — with its first facility in 1926. The Lexington hospital opened along Richmond Road in 1955, on almost twenty-eight acres that had once been part of Henry Clay's Ashland estate. In the 1980s a larger replacement facility went up on the same site, with fifty beds plus operating rooms and specialty care areas.
In 2017 the hospital relocated to the University of Kentucky HealthCare campus. The neighborhood kept the name. - Homes: roughly 483.
Era: largely late 1950s.
Average single-family home: around 4,280 square feet — notably large, and a major part of the value story here.
Median lot: about 14,810 square feet, roughly a third of an acre.
Boundaries: Richmond Road to the east, Chinoe Road to the north, Cooper Drive to the west, Lakeview Drive to the south.
Neighborhood-level figures above are as-published by homes.com's Lexington local guide (extracted 2026-06-01, re-verified 2026-08-01) and describe the housing stock, not current asking prices. What is actually for sale today, and what it costs, is the live count and median at the top of this page. - The red-brick hospital building still stands on Richmond Road, and the wide sloping lawn between it and the road is still a neighborhood gathering place.
Residents use it to watch the Fourth of July fireworks and to sled when Lexington gets enough snow, which is not every year but is worth waiting for. It is an unusual amenity — a large open green space in the middle of an established neighborhood that exists because of what used to be there rather than because a developer planned it. - The defining quality of Shriners is space. Manicured lawns, mature trees, and a sense of room that is increasingly rare this close to the center of Lexington.
Roughly a third of an acre is a lot of land for a neighborhood a few miles from downtown. Compare it against newer construction further out and the lot size alone often makes the case. - Averaging around 4,280 square feet, these are substantial houses — and that is unusual for the late 1950s, when the national average was far smaller. Shriners was built for buyers who wanted size from the beginning.
Late-fifties construction means solid framing and generally good bones. It also means systems that have been through several rounds of replacement, with quality varying house to house. Budget for that rather than assuming it. - Richmond Road forms the eastern boundary, which gives you a direct line toward downtown and easy access across town.
The Euclid Avenue corridor and everything Chevy Chase has become are about a mile away — close enough that this is where most residents end up for dinner, coffee and errands. The University of Kentucky campus and the medical complex are a short drive. - For a house of this vintage and size, the checklist runs long because there is simply more house to check.
Electrical service capacity — a 1950s panel was never sized for how a family uses power now, and a 4,000-plus square foot house draws hard. HVAC: large homes of this era often run multiple systems of different ages, so ask about each zone separately. Original cast-iron drain lines. Roof age across what is usually a large roof area. And on the bigger lots, drainage and grading. - The mature canopy is a major part of why people want to live here, and it deserves a line item in your thinking rather than just admiration.
Large old trees close to a structure carry real risk in storms and real cost to maintain or remove. On any Shriners house, look at what is overhanging the roof, ask when the trees were last professionally assessed, and factor ongoing arborist work into the carrying cost. It is not a reason to walk away — it is a reason not to be surprised. - This is a neighborhood people settle into. Roughly 483 homes and low turnover means the active count on this page will usually be small.
There is not always a clean subdivision match for Shriners in the MLS either, which means some activity here surfaces under adjacent names. If you are targeting this neighborhood specifically, tell me and I will watch it properly rather than relying on a saved search that may miss houses. - Shriners fits buyers who want a large house on a large lot in an established, quiet, central-southeast location, and who are not chasing new construction.
Families who want yard space, buyers moving down from a bigger property who are not willing to give up land, and anyone whose life runs through the Chevy Chase and University of Kentucky side of town. It suits walkability-first buyers less well — this is a drive-to-dinner neighborhood, and I would rather say that up front.
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It takes its name from the Shriners Hospital for Children that operated within it. The hospital opened along Richmond Road in 1955 and moved to the University of Kentucky HealthCare campus in 2017. The neighborhood kept the name.
Yes. The red-brick building still stands on Richmond Road, and the wide sloping lawn between it and the road remains a neighborhood gathering spot — residents use it for Fourth of July fireworks and for sledding when there is enough snow.
Southeastern Lexington, bounded by Richmond Road to the east, Chinoe Road to the north, Cooper Drive to the west and Lakeview Drive to the south.
Large. Single-family homes average around 4,280 square feet, on lots with a median around 14,810 square feet — roughly a third of an acre. The housing stock dates largely to the late 1950s.
The Shriners system began treating pediatric patients, originally polio cases, with its first facility in 1926. The Lexington hospital opened on Richmond Road in 1955 on almost twenty-eight acres that had once been part of Henry Clay's Ashland estate. A larger fifty-bed replacement opened on the same site in the 1980s.
Shriners is in the Fayette County Public Schools district. Lexington school zones do not follow neighborhood boundaries and they get redrawn, so I verify the assignment for the specific address through the FCPS SchoolSite Locator rather than quoting a neighborhood-level answer. Send me the address you're considering and I'll pull the current zone.
Two reasons. Turnover is low in a neighborhood of roughly 483 homes, and there is not always a clean subdivision match for Shriners in the MLS, so some activity surfaces under adjacent neighborhood names. If you are targeting Shriners specifically, ask me to watch it directly rather than relying on a saved search.
About a mile to the Euclid Avenue corridor and the Chevy Chase commercial district, which is where most residents go for dinner, coffee and everyday errands. The University of Kentucky campus and medical complex are a short drive.
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