Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Whitehaven

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

1. Whitehaven Marker Side A

Inscription.
Side A
Main part of house, two~story brick structure, built in 1860s by Edward Anderson. Edward Atkins bought it in 1903 and had noted Paducah architect A.L. Lassiter transform Victorian farmhouse into Classical revival mansion. He added the Corinthian ~ columned front portico, and named house Whitehaven.

Side B
In 1908, Paducah Mayor James P. Smith bought and renamed home "Bide~A~Wee," Scottish adage for "Come Rest A While." Smith family members lived here until 1968. After mansion restored, it opened on June 23, 1983, as Whitehaven Tourist Welcome Center. Listed on the National Register of Historic Place in 1984. Presented by McCracken Co. Civic Beautification Board

Erected 1984 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1754.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1913.

Location. 37° 3.02′ N, 88° 39.16′ W. Marker is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is at the intersection of Lone Oak Road and Interstate 24 on Lone Oak Road. Welcome Center on I-24. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1845 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oklahoma City Bombing Victims (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alben W. Barkley / Barkley's Grave (approx. half a mile away); Paducah Community College (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Christian Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Paducah Federal Building Columns (approx. 0.7 miles away); Angles / “The Veep” (approx. ¾ mile away); Unity Church (approx. one mile away); Immanuel Baptist (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paducah.

Whitehaven Marker Side B image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

2. Whitehaven Marker Side B

Whitehaven Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 5, 2022

3. Whitehaven Marker

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

4. Whitehaven Marker

Whitehaven Welcome Center Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

5. Whitehaven Welcome Center Entrance

Whitehaven staircase image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

6. Whitehaven staircase

Whitehaven Fireplace image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

7. Whitehaven Fireplace

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 10, 2021

8. NRHP plaque

Mounted to the east entrance of the rest stop

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,650 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 3. submitted on November 15, 2022, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 16, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 8. submitted on July 11, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.