Jefferson Street - Maryland Avenue

236 Jefferson Street, Lexington, KY 40508

Maryland Avenue was also known as the Preston Subdivision. Margaret Wickliffe Preston (1818-1898) inherited the acreage and Glendower home from the estate of her step-mother, Mary Owen Todd Russell. This public street was deeded to the city following the development of the subdivision in 1889. The boundaries are Jefferson, West Second, West Third, and Georgetown streets.

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