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Experience History with the Kentucky Historic
House Museum Network!
From Burlington to Bowling Green, historic houses
illustrate the rich, vibrant history of Kentucky. The houses span
from pre-statehood to the late Victorian era. Connected by
common heritage, each historic house played a unique role in the
development of the Commonwealth. Hear tales of the Kentucky
frontier. Delight in exquisite 18th and 19th century
decorative arts and architecture. Travel in the footsteps of
fellow Americans - heroes, activists, and pioneers. Explore
the lives of women and men, white and black. Each house holds a
story - discover it for yourself!
Each house has
different tour times and admission policies; call the numbers
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DINSMORE HOMESTEAD
www.dinsmorefarm.org/index2
Burlington
This 1842 National
Register site is a farm that houses the belongings of five
generations of the Dinsmore family. The family cemetery
includes graves of slaves and two Roughriders.
(859) 586-6117 • 5656 Burlington Pike, 41005 |
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BUTLER-TURPIN STATE HISTORIC SITE
www.parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/gb
Carrollton
Grand interior woodwork,
military documents, family heirlooms and patriotism bring to life
the legend of the “Gallant Butlers” in this 1859 Greek Revival home.
(502) 732-4384 Ext. 2415 •1608 Hwy 227, General Butler State Park,
41008 |
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BRENNAN HOUSE
www.thebrennanhouse.org
Louisville
This seventeen-room
mansion is the last remaining private Victorian residence in
downtown Louisville. Contains all original furnishings. Museum
includes Dr. J.A.O. Brennan’s 1912 Medical Office.
(502) 540-5145 • 631 South Fifth Street, 40202 |
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C ONRAD-CALDWELL
HOUSE
www.conradcaldwell.org
Louisville
A magnificent Victorian mansion on St. James Court.
Architecturally significant for its stonework, parquet floors, wood
carvings and stained glass. Period furnishings and decorative arts
exhibited.
(502) 636-5023 • 1402 St. James Court, 40208 |
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F ARMINGTON
HISTORIC
HOME
www.historichomes.org
Louisville
A remarkable Jefferson-inspired house built
1815-1816 for John and Lucy Speed. Tours focus on daily life, hemp
agriculture, slavery, architecture, decorative arts, and the site’s
associations with Abraham Lincoln.
(502) 452-9920 • 3033 Bardstown Road, 40205 |
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L OCUST
GROVE
www.locustgrove.org
Louisville
A National Historic Landmark, this 1790 farm of
William & Lucy Clark Croghan is where George Rogers Clark spent his
last years. The house, gardens, & outbuildings show early KY history
and everyday life.
(502) 897-9845 • 561 Blankenbaker Lane, 40207 |
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R IVERSIDE,
THE
FARNSLEY-MOREMEN
LANDING
www.riverside-landing.org
Louisville
The
centerpiece of this 300-acre site on the Ohio River is a restored
1837 home. See the house, kitchen, and garden. Seasonal riverboat
cruises & public archeology digs.
(502) 935-6809 • 7410 Moorman Rd, 40272 |
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L IBERTY
HALL
HISTORIC
SITE
www.libertyhall.org
Frankfort
This
National Historic Landmark was home to KY’s first U.S. Senator John
Brown. Learn about the Brown family, early American politics &
everyday life in the young capital city. Historic gardens open all
year.
502-227-2560 or 888-516-5101• 202 Wilkinson Street, 40601 |
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S ULLIVAN
HOUSE
frankfortparksandrec.com/html/leslie_morris_park
Frankfort
The Sullivan House is the visitor center for the
Fort Hill Civil War Park, a 125-acre forested site. The house
features exhibits on early KY and a re-creation of an 1864 roadside
inn.
(502) 696-0607 • 400 Clifton Avenue, Leslie Morris Park on Fort
Hill, 40601 |
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A SHLAND:
THE
HENRY
CLAY
ESTATE
www.henryclay.org
Lexington
A National Historic Landmark dedicated to preserving
the legacy of KY’s great statesman, Henry Clay. Visit the 1856
mansion, outbuildings, gardens & seasonal café.
(859) 266-8581 • 120 Sycamore Road, 40502 |
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H UNT-MORGAN
HOUSE
www.bluegrasstrust.org/hunt-morgan
Lexington
Saved from demolition in 1955 by the Blue Grass
Trust, this outstanding 1814 example of Federal architecture was
home to KY’s first millionaire, a Civil War general, & KY’s first
Nobel laureate.
(859) 233-3290 or 253-0362 • 201 North Mill Street, 40508 |
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L ATROBE’S
POPE
VILLA
www.bluegrasstrust.org/popevilla
Lexington
The finest surviving domestic design of America’s
first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Radically
altered in its 200 year history & damaged by fire in 1987, the site
is undergoing a lengthy restoration.
(859) 253-0362 • 326 Grosvenor Avenue, 40502 |
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M ARY
TODD
LINCOLN
HOUSE
www.mtlhouse.org
Lexington
The first house museum in America restored to honor
a First Lady, the 14-room girlhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln
contains period furniture, portraits, and family heirlooms.
(859) 233-9999 • 578 West Main St, 40588 |
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W AVELAND
STATE
HISTORIC
SITE
www.parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/wl
Lexington
Waveland, a Greek Revival mansion built circa 1847,
was the home of Joseph and Margaret Bryan. Bryan was Kentucky
pioneer Daniel Boone’s great-nephew.
(859) 272-3611 • 225 Waveland Museum Lane, 40514 |
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J ACK
JOUETT
HOUSE
Versailles
This rural home of Revolutionary War hero Captain
Jack Jouett and portrait-artist Matthew Jouett features a frontier
stone cabin and a Federal-style brick cottage, each with period
furnishings.
(859) 873-7902 • 225 Craig’s Creek Rd, 40383 |
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K ENTUCKY
RIVER
MUSEUM
www.stateparks.com/fort_boonesboro
Richmond
Lock and Dam #10 was one of the 14 locks and dams
constructed on the KY River. The museum is housed in the original
support buildings and homes of the lockmaster and lockman.
(859) 527-3131 • 4375 Boonesboro Rd, Ft. Boonesboro State Park,
40475 |
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W HITE
HALL
STATE
HISTORIC
SITE
www.parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/wh
Richmond
White Hall was the home of Cassius M.
Clay, a colorful Kentucky politician, emancipationist and minister
to Russia under Abraham Lincoln’s administration.
(859) 623-9178 • 500 White Hall Shrine Road, 40475 |
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F EDERAL
HILL
/ MY
OLD
KENTUCKY
HOME
www.parks.ky.gov/findparks/recparks/mo
Bardstown
Built by Judge John Rowan ca. 1808. Step back in
time with rare and beautiful furnishings, carriage house, kitchen,
smoke house and gardens.
(800) 323-7803 • 501 East Stephen Foster Road, My Old Kentucky Home
State Park, 40004 |
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M CDOWELL
HOUSE
www.mcdowellhouse.com
Danville
On Christmas day in 1809, Dr. Ephraim McDowell
performed the world’s first successful ovarian surgery in a bedroom
of this home. Tours feature family pieces and portraits and an early
Apothecary Shop.
(859) 236-2804 • 125 South Second Street, 40422 |
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G OV.
WILLIAM
OWSLEY
HOUSE
www.owsleyhouse.org
Lancaster
This
Federal home, also called “Pleasant Retreat,” is the restored home
of KY’s 16th Governor William Owsley. See family portraits &
beautiful 1812 French wallpaper.
(859) 792-2500 • 656 Stanford Road, 40044 |
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W M.
WHITLEY
HOUSE
STATE
HISTORIC
SITE
http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/ww/
Stanford
One of
the first brick homes west of the Alleghany Mountains. Famous for
unusual architectural features. Known as “Sportsman Hill” for its
counterclockwise race path.
(606) 355-2881 • 625 Wm. Whitley House Rd, 40484 |
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R IVERVIEW
AT HOBSON
GROVE
www.bgky.org/riverview
Bowling Green
Built
1857-1872, Riverview is considered one of KY’s finest examples of
Italianate architecture. The restored home interprets southern KY’s
Victorian lifestyle.
(270) 843-5565 • 1100 West Main Ave, 42101 |
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