Tag Archive: Kentucky

Spring House – Locust Grove – Louisville, Kentucky

Spring House - Locust Grove - Louisville, Kentucky

The Spring House at the historic Locust Grove estate in Louisville, Kentucky

Locust Grove was an 18th century farm founded by William Croghan and his wife Lucy Clark Croghan in 1790. Lucy Clark was the sister of George Rogers Clark a military officer and explorer who played an important part in the early history of Kentucky and Louisville. She is also the sister of William Clark, the famous explorer from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to America’s Pacific Northwest. The farm is notable as the place George Rogers Clark spent his final years, and for being adjacent to the property where Zachery Taylor, America’s 12th president grew up.

Louisville Nashville Railroad Car – La Grange, Kentucky

Louisville Nashville Railroad Car - La Grange,  Kentucky

A historic Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger car located in La Grange, Kentucky.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services from 1850 until 1982, after which it was absorbed by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which would eventually through more consolidation in the rail industry, become the CSX Transportation that most people know today.

Kitchen – Locust Grove Estate – Louisville – Kentucky

Kitchen - Locust Grove Estate - Louisville - Kentucky

The kitchen outbuilding at the historic Locust Grove estate in Louisville, Kentucky.

Locust Grove was an 18th century farm founded by William Croghan and his wife Lucy Clark Croghan in 1790. Lucy Clark was the sister of George Rogers Clark a military officer and explorer who played an important part in the early history of Kentucky and Louisville. She is also the sister of William Clark, the famous explorer from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to America’s Pacific Northwest. The farm is notable as the place George Rogers Clark spent his final years, and for being adjacent to the property where Zachery Taylor, America’s 12th president grew up.