Mary Todd Lincoln House- Lexington KY

Here are a few pictures we took while touring the Mary Todd Lincoln House.  We had been to the nice home before, but we took a friend with us who wanted to check things out.

I think the home always attracts a good crowd, and we probably had 20 people on our tour.

The house has a great history, and it was the home of the future wife of the 16th president in her teenage years.  It went through many transitions after they moved out, and it was pretty much falling apart in the 1970s when it was restored to and transitioned into a museum.  There are photos throughout the home showing how the house looked before the restoration.

Mary and Abe did visit the home, and it is exciting knowing that he spent some time here.  Our guide said that the banister going up the stairs would have been there at that time...  So you can literally touch something that Lincoln himself must have touched.

Original photos of Todd family members are in the house.  Plates and silverware owned by the family are on display.  Ornate bottles used by Mary are on display too.  One of many holy grailish items on display here is a playbill from Ford's Theatre the night of the Lincoln assassination.

Our guide gave a great history of Mary, her family in Lexington, and her life after leaving Lexington.  He covered the story of how most of the Todd family sided with the South during the Civil War.  Of course Benjamin Hardin Helm was brought up.

This is easily one of the most interesting house tours you can take in the state.