Breckinridge's Last Home

Historical marker location:

Lexington, Kentucky

( 429 W. Second St., Lexington)

Built circa 1866, this house was occupied by John C. Breckinridge in 1874-1875. The former U.S. senator and youngest U.S. vice-president was also a Confederate general and secretary of war. After exile, he returned to Lexington in 1869 and resumed the practice of law. He rented this house the last year of his life and died here May 17, 1875.

John Cabell Breckinridge Vice Presidents