[2] Wickland is a three-story mansion considered one of the best domestic Georgian buildings in the commonwealth of Kentucky.

In the 1930s amenities were added to the house, which included running water, electricity, baths, and furnaces.

The other is a two-story brick building the Wickliffe family lived in before the construction of Wickland.

[3] Wickland was built between 1813 and 1817 for Charles A. Wickliffe, a Whig member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.

J. C. W. Beckham, grandson of Charles, was born at Wickland and became governor of Kentucky from 1900 to 1907, later serving a term as United States senator.