South Hill - Ellis Family Home

513 S Mill St, Lexington, KY 40507

This house was built as a rental property by James Andrew and Fannie Ellis Scott. Fannie's brother and sister-in-law, Burnett and Emma Ellis, lived in this home in 1906. Burnett worked as a blacksmith in a livery stable on Vine Street.

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