William Whitley House State Historic Site

William Whitley House State Historic Site is a park in Crab Orchard, Kentucky.

The first brick house in Kentucky,[4] its construction marked a transition in the area from log cabins to more formal homes.

[2] Additional property has been purchased for the park by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund, including Sportsman's Hill, the first horse racing track west of the Appalachians.

In 2019 management of the site was adopted by the Lincoln County Fiscal Court with assistance from local historians.

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