Historical Marker

Young's Inn

This famous stagecoach stop on the old Louisville & Nashville Turnpike was built ca. 1797 by James Young, founder of West Point, Ky. At this inn John James Audubon wrote about seeing large flocks of passenger pigeons. Jenny Lind stopped here briefly in 1851 and sang from inn steps. Other guests have been Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, and Wendell Willkie.