Ashland Park in Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Childhood Home

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Childhood Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2021

1. Childhood Home Marker

Inscription. Kentucky Equal Rights Assn. pres. Madeline McDowell Breckinridge who hosted receptions here 1915 & 1920 for suffrage conventions.

Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 21.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.

Location. 38° 1.731′ N, 84° 28.844′ W. Marker is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County. It is in Ashland Park. Marker can be reached from Sycamore Road near Fincastle Road. Marker is in front of ticket office/gift shop at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 120 Sycamore Road, Lexington KY 40502, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Abraham Lincoln and Henry Clay (a few steps from this marker); "Ashland" (within shouting distance of this marker); Agriculture at Ashland (within shouting distance of this marker); A&M College at Ashland (within shouting distance of this marker); Madeline M. Breckinridge / Kentucky Suffrage Leader (within shouting distance of this

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marker); Garden Club of Lexington / Ashland Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry Clay (within shouting distance of this marker); Ashland / Clay & Abraham Lincoln (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

Also see . . . Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (Wikipedia). (Submitted on March 30, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2021

2. Childhood Home Marker

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge image. Click for full size.

George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

3. Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

Seated at her desk sometime between 1904 and 1920.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 30, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on May 3, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 30, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.