1437 Oldest House In Lexington

Category: Markers

Marker reads Built in 1784 for Adam Rankin, minister of Lexingtons pioneer Presbyterian Church. Samuel D. McCullough, born here in 1803, was a teacher, astronomer, antiquarian and maker of world-famous Burrowes mustard. In 1971, the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation moved this house from its original location, at 215 West High Street, to prevent its destruction.