Zachary Taylor Home

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Front elevation of Springfield, the Zachary Taylor Home in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Taylor spent his childhood and adolescence here. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Zachary Taylor Home

Zachary Taylor Home

By Daniel J. Burge

Historical Marker #1849 in Louisville notes the location of the boyhood home of general and president Zachary Taylor. Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia, in 1784 to Richard and Sarah Dabney Taylor. Richard Taylor had served in the…