The childhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln, at 574 West Main Street in downtown Lexington, as seen in March 1946. Originally built between 1803 and 1806 as an inn, the property became the home of politician and businessman Robert S. Todd in 1832. Mary Todd, born in December 1818, lived there until she moved to Springfield, Il., in 1839 to live with her older sister. There she met and married Abraham Lincoln, whom she brought to visit this home in fall 1847. The Todd family lived there until Robert Todd’s death in an 1849 cholera epidemic. The restored house is now operated by the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation Inc. and was opened to the public on June 9, 1977. The house is the first historic site restored in honor of a first lady. Herald-Leader Archive Photo