Once the site of the home owned by famed thoroughbred trainer William Perkins, the site today features a new building with a mural depicting the history of the East End by artist Sundiata Rashid. On this corner were the homes of two prominent…

This Italianate cottage was the home of Edward Dudley Brown (1848-1906), who in one lifetime went from slave to jockey to trainer to owner. Separated from his family at eight and sold into slavery to Robert A. Alexander of Woodburn Farm in Woodford…

Allen lived at 416 Kinkead Street, now Hummons Avenue. Dudley Allen (1845-1911) was born into slavery in Lexington, Kentucky, and eventually served in the Army with Company M of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry, 1864-1866, as a Quartermaster…

The Courtney Mathews House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Courtney Mathews (1868-1940) began working for jockey Lucian Lynn’s family at the age of sixteen. He quickly grew into an adept trainer and was hired by the owner of…

Ansel Williamson was sold to A. Keene Richards of Kentucky after working as an enslaved trainer in Alabama. He was later sold to the owner of Woodburn farm, Robert A. Alexander. After emancipation he was employed as a trainer to H. Price McGrath,…