Fred M. Vinson Birthplace  Fred M. Vinson Birthplace, at E. Madison and Vinson Blvd. in Louisa, Kentucky, also known as Old Jailer's House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is an eight-room two-story brick house completed in 1889, built as a Jailer's Residence on the Courthouse Square in Louisa, the county seat of Lawrence County. It was the birthplace and early home of Fred M. Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953), who became the 13th Chief Justice of the United States.