Mary Todd Lincoln House

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Mary Todd Lincoln House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	578 West Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°3′4.87″N 84°30′10.03″W / 38.0513528°N 84.5027861°W / 38.0513528; -84.5027861
Built	1806
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	71000341[1]
Added to NRHP	August 12, 1971

Mary Todd Lincoln House in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, was the girlhood home of Mary Todd, the future first lady and wife of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Today the fourteen-room house is a museum containing period furniture, portraits, and artifacts from the Todd and Lincoln families. The museum introduces visitors to the complex life of Mary Todd Lincoln, from her refined upbringing in a wealthy, slave-holding family to her reclusive years as a mourning widow.^[2]

The house was built c. 1803–1806 as an inn and tavern, which was called "The Sign of the Green Tree" before its purchase by Mary's father, Robert Smith Todd, for the Todd family. The family moved into the three-story home in 1832. Mary Todd lived in this home until 1839, when she moved to Springfield, Illinois. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln visited her family here.