Historic Cabin by Bourbon Trail

Entire cabin in Louisville, Kentucky

  1. 2 guests
  2. 1 bedroom
  3. 2 beds
  4. 1 bath
Hosted by Donald
  1. Superhost
  2. 3 years hosting

Listing highlights

Top 5% of homes

This home is highly ranked based on ratings, reviews, and reliability.

In a quiet setting east of Louisville

About a 15-min walk to Blackacre State Nature Preserve, with the Parklands park system just a few miles away

Screened porch on a landscaped estate

A screened porch overlooking a pond with fountain, surrounded by landscaped gardens on a 13-acre estate

A stay guests call unforgettable

Guests describe stepping back in time in this 1780s stone cabin listed on the National Register
Historic, unique, tasteful and serene - the Edward Tyler house, ca. 1783, is a stone cabin 20 minutes SE of Louisville on 13 acre estate. Near the famous bourbon trail, rental includes full cabin and large screen porch overlooking pond with fountain. First floor has living/dining/kitchen space with small sofa bed and stone fireplace (gas); queen bed and full bath on second floor. American and European antique furnishings and fine art welcome you to fully updated home with central HVAC.

The space
Cabin was originally built in the late 1700s and has been updated to modern standards (electric, plumbing, HVAC) yet retains original features including stone walls, large wooden beams and original yellow poplar floors. Typical of structures of this vintage and to preserve space, the stairway to the second floor is steeper and more narrow than todays standard size; anyone uneasy with non-uniform stairs should take note. Height of doorways are also shorter than today's standards. In total, the cabin is approximately 620 sq. ft., plus another 240 sq. ft. in the attached screened porch (860 sq. ft. in total). Cabin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits within the larger Tyler Settlement Rural Historic District, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property has been featured several times, including a November 30, 2023 article in the Courier Journal newspaper.

Guest access
Guests will have full use of the cabin and attached screened porch (14' x 17'). Additionally, guests have access to the lawn area behind the cabin, and can also enjoy sitting by the pond (no fishing please). The cabin rental is limited to two (2) guests; if you desire to have an addition guest you will need to get approval from the host beforehand, and additional guest fee will apply. Cabin is accessed from brick terrace that adjoins both the cabin and the main house, and leads to a stone walkway to cabin door. Please note the stone in the walkway is natural formation, not uniform cut stone (see photos).

Other things to note
Driveway provides access to both the main house and the stone cabin, so guests will access the property through the main driveway and park by the garage. The distance between the driveway and the cabin front door is approximately 60 feet. Guests will be provided access code to the driveway gate and to the cabin door lock approximately two (2) days prior to arrival. Driveway is composed of crushed limestone with stone curbing, so host requests that guests make sure to stay on the limestone surface, and stay off the stone curbing.

Registration Details
LIC-STL-25-00617

Where you’ll sleep

What this place offers

Lake view
Garden view
Waterfront
Kitchen
Wifi

1 night in Louisville

Feb 25, 2025 - Feb 26, 2025

Rated 4.98 out of 5 from 313 reviews.

Guest favorite
This home is in the top 5% of eligible listings based on ratings, reviews, and reliability

Overall rating

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Where you’ll be

Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Exact location will be provided after booking.

Neighborhood highlights

Property is located 15 miles east of downtown Louisville - approximately 20 minute drive via I-64. Area is primarily residential, and most neighbors have acreage (host property is located on 13 acres). Jeffersontown, a historic small town, is approximately 2 miles away with the very popular 3rd Turn Brewery, a dog friendly brewery (indoor and outdoor) in an old converted church. Some additional highlights of the area are included below.

DISTILLERIES
You will have a front row seat to Kentucky's largest attraction - the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. The cabin is centrally located among the 42 designated distilleries on the bourbon trail, most of which are within an hours drive of the property. 95% of the bourbon distilled in the country comes from this historic collection of distilleries. You will be the envy of your friends when they learn that you stayed in the original cabin on the Tyler Settlement property where on January 1, 1798 the Federal Government granted Moses Tyler (Edward Tyler's son) a tax license to distill 90 gallons of bourbon in still number 37!! Talk about bourbon history!

PARKS
Louisville Metro is blessed to have over 120 public parks, 17 of which were designed by the vaulted Fredrick Law Olmsted firm (connected by 6 Olmsted designed parkways). Notably, located just 3 miles from the property, the Parklands system of parks consists of 4,000 acres of public park space with several unique destinations and attractions (the Egg Lawn, Oxbow, Big Beech Woods, the Silo, the Grand Allee, Sky Meadow, Catfish Bend - to name a few) sprinkled throughout the park system. Kayak, hike, bike, complete (sports fields), fish, shoot archery and convene with nature in this natural landscape.

FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE
Louisville regularly appears on lists of top 'foodie cities' with a diverse and creative culinary and cocktail scene. Some of the popular neighborhoods like the Highlands, NuLu and St. Matthews are home to concentrations of these gastro-glories! See the Guidebook in this listing for more details and suggestions.

ATTRACTIONS
We all know Louisville is home to Churchill Downs where the Kentucky Derby is run the first Saturday in May. On the site of Churchill Downs is the Kentucky Derby Museum where you can learn all about the rich thoroughbred history in the bluegrass state. You can also visit the Louisville Slugger Museum where you actually watch the iconic 'Louisville Slugger' bats made. What you may not know is Louisville is also home to an impressive inventory of arts organizations, grounded by the Louisville Orchestra, the Louisville Ballet, the Kentucky Opera, the JB Speed Museum and Actors Theatre - among several others. You will also want to consider these attractions:
Muhammad Ali Museum
Frazier History Museum
21c Art Museum
Keeneland Racetrack (in Lexington)

Meet your host

Superhost
313 reviews
4.98 out of 5 average rating
3 years of hosting
Where I went to school: Denison Univ (B.A.); Wake Forest (J.D.)
My work: Retired Finance Exec

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Co-hosts

  • Ronald

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Things to know

Cancellation policy
House rules
Check-in after 3:00 PM
Checkout before 12:00 PM
2 guests maximum
Safety & property
Exterior security cameras on property
Nearby lake, river, other body of water
Carbon monoxide alarm