Henry A. Tandy

Henry A. Tandy (c. 1853–1918) was an American building contractor and entrepreneur, specializing in decorative stone masonry and brickwork.

[2][3] After the Civil War and abolition of slavery in 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Tandy moved to Lexington.

Tandy and Albert Byrd, his future business partner, ran the company beginning in the 1880s as Wilgus's health declined.

[8] Post emancipation in 1865, the church maintained the station just in case hiding places were still needed, which in Jim Crow Kentucky, they often were.

Cheapside Park was the site of one of the largest slave markets and was known for the sale of "fancy girls," women of mixed race sold for sexual purposes.

[11] The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted unanimously in June, 2017 to move both statues to the Lexington Cemetery.

The stone and brick masonry on the historic Fayette County Courthouse was completed in 1898 by Henry A. Tandy's firm.
In addition to the Tandy Centennial Park, Henry A. is also honored by this historic marker which features his son, Vertner Woodson Tandy . The marker is located a short distance from the park on Main Street. (US 25/US 421) west of Jefferson Street.
Cheapside Park, formerly a large slave market, has been renamed for Tandy. The impetus for this was initiated by Take Back Cheapside community organization.