Lyndon
Lyndon, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Lyndon. An early settler, Alvin Wood, named this community in 1871. One of America's oldest military schools, Ky. Military Institute, founded, 1845; moved here, 1896. Points of interest in area: Central State Hospital, founded on site of Isaac Hite's home, and Oxmoor, home of Alexander Scott Bullitt, who helped draft first Ky. State Constitution. Presented by Lyndon Homemakers Club.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
This Jefferson County community took its name in 1871 from early settler Alvin Wood, but its roots run deeper into Kentucky's founding generation. Nearby stood Oxmoor, home of Alexander Scott Bullitt, a framer of Kentucky's first constitution, and the grounds of Isaac Hite's home that later became Central State Hospital. In 1896 the Kentucky Military Institute, one of America's oldest military schools, relocated here after its 1845 founding.
Why it matters
Lyndon knits together strands of Kentucky's story — pioneer statesmen, early military education, and the growth of the state's public institutions — in a single suburban crossroads.
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Related people
- · Alvin Wood
- · Alexander Scott Bullitt
- · Isaac Hite
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