From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

When the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) moved into its new office in downtown Lexington, KY in 2000, the organization wanted the building to be recognized as a standing memorial to slave-built architecture. The 200-year-old building was constructed by slaves owned by Kentucky Legislator Henry Clay. See 

Along the baseboard in the front entrance of the building is a gap that gives a view of the bars and dirt floor in the small, cramped basement where the slaves may have been kept.

For more see "Slave-built building will stand as a memorial," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 9/27/2000; and M. Ku, "Goal is a memorial honoring enslaved artisans," Lexington Herald-Leader, 9/27/2000, College & Region section, p. B1.

NCCJ, now known as The Plantory, is no longer in the North Upper Street location. The buidling has since served as a pub (Henry Clay's Public House) and is currently (2021) a law office.

For more information, contact the owner of the building at 112 North Upper Street, Lexington. See a 20th century photograph of the building.