Meadowthorpe
This file appears in: Lexington's First Airport
Photo of the Meadowthorpe mansion and farm taken in 1898, when owned by distillery owner Col. James E. Pepper.
Courtesy of the University of Kentucky
This file appears in: Lexington's First Airport
Lexington's First Airport
Historical Marker #2440 in Fayette County commemorates Halley Field, Lexington’s first airport, located on Meadowthorpe Farm.
Meadowthorpe was a well-known stock farm owned by Jacob Hostetter. A two-story Greek Revival house was built on the…