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Black plaque № 46519

Louisville, KY, United States

Bashford Manor. Designed for J. B. Wilder by Henry Whitestone, the residence was built in 1874. Wilder named Bashford Manor after an ancestral home in Maryland. In 1887 George J. Long purchased the farm and turned it into a nationally known racing stable. It was among Kentucky's top thoroughbred hor

se farms until the horses were sold in 1922. Presented by The Kentucky Derby Museum. (Reverse) Bashford Manor - Three Kentucky Derby winners, Azra (1892), Manuel (1899), and Sir Huon (1906), were born

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