Home of Gov. Bradley. Built about 1850, by A. A. Burton, Lincoln's Minister to Bogota; home of William O. Bradley, first Republican Governor of Kentucky, 1895-99. By special legislative action, 1865, permitted to take bar examination at 18 and passed. In 1904, seconded nomination of Theodore Roosevelt. 1908, elected U.S. Senator by Democratic legislature. Died 1914. Buried at Frankfort.

Lexington St., Lancaster, US 27, Lexington, KY
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by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #0699 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series

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