Lexington is proud to be the home of the Lexington County Museum. The museum complex, made up of 30 historic structures, is located at 231 Fox Street in Lexington and interprets the history of Lexington County and its residents from 1770 to ca. 1860. The Lexington County Museum features on its site the oldest documented house in the town of Lexington, the Lawrence Corley Log House, which was built by a Revolutionary War soldier in 1772 and rests on part of Corley’s original land grant. Another structure on the site, the Heinrich Senn house, is a typical river house built in 1774. The museum also includes an 1834 house that was the home of the headmaster of the Lutheran Seminary, the Hazelius House, and the one-room Oak Grove Schoolhouse, which was built in 1820.  The John Fox House was built around 1832 and features nine rooms with period furnishings. The museum site also displays slave quarters, winter and summer dairy sheds, a smokehouse, a potato house, loom rooms, and a cotton gin house.  The Lexington County Museum also features an extensive collection of locally-made furniture and quilts.

The museum is open Tuesday - Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM & Sunday from 1:00 - 4:00 PM.

Tours may be arranged for individuals or groups.
Please call the museum office at 803-359-8369