Young's Purchase House was built between 1820 and 1830, according to architectural historians. It was moved to this site from a nearby farm on a tract called Young's Purchase, patented in 1720 by William Young. The land grant included land from present Sharptown Road to Barren Creek. The house originally was a two-story dwelling, 14' × 16', with a fireplace in the end wall. It may have been used as a tenant house in the 1800s, and later the kitchen was added. In 1983 Howard Adkins purchased the home and moved it to its current location, where it is open to visitors and serves as a reminder of the demands of early farm life in Barren Creek Springs.