Visit The 8 Historical Homes in Louisville, KY
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Historic sites are one of the main attractions in every city or any other places that we all go to. We all have that curiosity to explore the past and how their lives are back then. I guess one of the reasons why we are attracted to the historical sites are their infrastructure, the year it was built, the famous people who lived in there or what makes this place special, and the thrill of any ghostly presence around the house.
It is fascinating to see historical homes still standing and functional. It may have gone through a lot of restorations and the items may not be the original items that can be found in that home. But, visiting a historical site gives you that overwhelming feeling and that child-like wonder expression while exploring and learning about this place.
Without me further talking here are some of the historical sites around Louisville that you should visit in town.
1. The Brennan House Historical House
This house dates way back 1868 and the last surviving Victorian Mansion in downtown Louisville. Thomas Brennan, a native of Ireland and prominent inventor, purchased this house from a Tobacco Wholesaler back in 1969.
The three-story townhouse is constructed in the Italianate style with 6 bedrooms, 16-foot ceilings, stained-glass windows, expansive veranda, hand-carved marble and slate mantels, crystal chandeliers and walls lined family portraits.
Today The Brennan House Historical Home and Gardens remains virtually untouched since Victorian times, an oasis amid a bustling 21st-century backdrop. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Brennan House and Gardens is available to rent for weddings, parties, corporate events or meetings. - Source: http://www.thebrennanhouse.org/
2. Locust Grove
Situated on 55 rolling acres just six miles upriver from downtown Louisville, this 1790 Georgian mansion tells the story of its builders, William and Lucy Clark Croghan. William Croghan arrived in the Kentucky territory with George Rogers Clark, his future brother-in-law, in order to survey the territory.
This c.1792 Georgian mansion tells the story of its builders, William and Lucy Clark Croghan, and the story of American beginnings. William and Lucy Clark Croghan, along with Lucy’s brother, General George Rogers Clark, welcomed a generation of American luminaries to their home to rest, dialogue, campaign, and duel. Presidents James Monroe and Andrew Jackson, John James Audubon, Cassius Marcellus Clay, and Lewis and Clark—among others—all passed through Locust Grove. Now a National Historic Landmark, Locust Grove is a unique example of early Kentucky architecture, craftsmanship, and history. - source: http://locustgrove.org/
3. The Historic Whitehall
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The next significant era of the house began in 1924 with the purchase of Whitehall by Hume Logan, Sr. and his wife Susan Helm Smith Logan. Mr. Logan, Sr. was president of the Logan Company, a fence, and steel products manufacturer. Hume Logan, Jr., the middle son of the Logan's five children, purchased the home shortly after the death of his father in 1948, and lived in Whitehall until his death in 1992 at age 94.
The house, gardens and many of the unique furnishings were bequeathed by Mr. Logan to the Historic Homes Foundation so that the public would always be welcome to enjoy this special home. Whitehall was extensively refurbished in 1994 under the expertise of local design firm Bittner's as that year's Junior League of Louisville Historic Showhouse.
4. Farmington Historic Home
Farmington is a 14-room Federal-style home that was the center of the 19th-century hemp plantation of John and Lucy Speed. Designed from a plan by Thomas Jefferson and completed in 1816 using slave labor, the house is newly restored with original paint colors, historic wallpaper, and carpets, and furnished with Kentucky furniture and other antiques from the period. Abraham Lincoln, a close friend of John Speed’s son Joshua, spent about three weeks at Farmington in 1841.
No house in Kentucky more gracefully embodies Federal architecture than Farmington. Striking Jeffersonian features of its perfectly proportioned 14 rooms include two octagonal rooms, the adventurously steep and narrow “hidden” stairway, and the fanlights between the front and rear halls. - Source: http://www.historicfarmington.org/
5.Thomas Edison House
Just after the Civil War, a 19-year old Thomas Edison is thought to have rented a room in this building during part of the 1 1/2 years he worked in Louisville, Kentucky as a telegrapher for the Western Union.
Built in the 1850s, the structure is one of the few remaining shotgun duplexes in the area. On exhibit are many of Edison's inventions, including cylinder and disc phonographs, incandescent bulbs and motion picture artifacts.
6. Farnsley — Moremen House
Go on a picnic while admiring this gorgeous home in Farnsley-Moremen riverside-landing
This sprawling, 300-acre site is a tribute to Jefferson County's rich history. The park's crown jewel is the historic Farnsley-Moremen House, a restored 19th-century farmhouse overlooking the Ohio River. - source: http://www.10best.com
Two upper middle class farm families, the Farnsleys and, later, the Moremens, brought the Riverside property to life by cultivating the fields and trading on the river. In the 19th century, the Ohio River served as one of America’s superhighways and the families who lived at Riverside took advantage of their location. - source: http://www.riverside-landing.org/the-history/
