It is named for the Wickland mansion in Bardstown, Kentucky, and is part of the Shelbyville Multiple Resource Area.

[2] Wickland was built in 1901 by Charles Cotesworth Marshall, who was a circuit judge and Shelby County attorney.

[3] It is a two-story brick structure, with a pyramidal roof, right-side semi-octagonal projecting bay, and a central passage plan.

[5] Wickland was one of several buildings studied since 1979 for the Shelbyville Multiple Resource Area.

The Kentucky Heritage Council funded the effort of the Shelby County Historical Society to add many Shelbyville structures to the National Register, including Wickland.