J.R. Fennell

J.R. Fennell's love of local history led him to become Lexington County Museum director 2 1/2 years ago. At 27, he is in charge of a 6.5-acre museum in the center of Lexington that attracts 20,000 visitors yearly. Its focus is on local life in the 18th and 19th centuries through 1865. But a fundraiser Saturday for the museum spotlighted a newer period - Main Street in downtown Lexington from the 1940s-1960s, its heyday as the town center of commerce.