Cedar Hall-Helm Place

Historical marker location:

Lexington, Kentucky

( 2575 Bowman's Mill Rd., Lexington)

This antebellum Greek Revival home was part of Bowman estate. Col. Abraham Bowman commanded 8th Va. Regt. in Revolution. Behind house was Todd's Station, built 1779 by Levi Todd, grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln and Emilie Todd Helm. Mrs. Helm, wife of CSA Gen. Ben H. Helm, bought house, 1912. Later owned by William H. Townsend, Lincoln authority. Listed on National Register, 1978.

Forts and Stations Mary Todd Lincoln Revolutionary War