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Historic Whitehall Mansion – Louisville, Kentucky

Historic Whitehall Mansion - Louisville, Kentucky

Whitehall is a historic mansion constructed in 1855 by John Marshall, near Louisville, Kentucky. Originally the mansion was constructed in a 2-story Italianate architectural style popular during the mid-19th century. Renovations undertaken after 1909 by new owners John Middleton and his wife Betty Summers Middleton, led to the Southern-style Greek Revival mansion seen by visitors today.

Historic Farnsley-Moremen House – Louisville – Kentucky

Historic Farnsley-Moremen House - Louisville - Kentucky

The historic Farnsley-Moremen House, located south of Louisville, Kentucky is part of a 300 acre park known as Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing on the banks of the Ohio River. The house is named after the two families that owned the house over its history, starting first with Gabriel Farnsley, in 1837, and later the Moremen Family which owned the property from 1862 to 1988.

Locust Grove Mansion 2 – Louisville – Kentucky

Locust Grove Mansion - Louisville, Kentucky

Historic Locust Grove Mansion in early spring outside of 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.