The World's Most Beautiful Places
The historic Culbertson mansion, New Albany, Indiana was built at the cost of $120,000, With 25 rooms, this Second Empire-style mansion was completed in November 1869.
A grand yellow mansion with a mansard roof stands majestically against a backdrop of trees and a cloudy sky. A winding pathway leads up to the ornate double doors, flanked by elegant columns and arched windows.
Built in the Greek Revival style, this was Simpson County, Kentucky’s fourth jail, the first being built in 1819. The unique style of the Old Jail is based on a medieval fortress; the design combined psychological deterrence to crime and provided an escape-proof enclosure. The jail operated from 1860 thru 1879. And acted as the jailer’s residence after that time. During the Civil War, it housed Confederate prisoners, some of whom left graffiti on its walls.
The Old Jail is located in Franklin, Kentucky, near the Tennessee border.
The Aydelott-Rosenberger House was built in 1868 by George Aydelott after moving his family Brandenburg, Kentucky to the Louisville area. Following George Aydelott’s death in 1890, the house changed hands several times before coming under the ownership of the Rosenberger family in the 1930s, who held onto the house until 1997 when it was purchased from the family by the Jefferson County Fiscal Court . The house and its property were added to Farnsley-Moremen Landing property, and designated a Jefferson County Historic Landmark District in 1998.
