White Hall State Historic Site
Whitehall | |
Location | 500 White Hall Shrine Road |
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Nearest city | Richmond, Kentucky |
Coordinates | 37°49′58″N 84°21′8″W / 37.83278°N 84.35222°WCoordinates: 37°49′58″N 84°21′8″W / 37.83278°N 84.35222°W |
Area | 13.6 acres (5.5 ha) |
Built | 1798 |
Architect | Gen. Green Clay; Thomas Lewinski |
Architectural style | Italianate, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 71000352[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 11, 1971 |
White Hall State Historic Site is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) park in Richmond, Kentucky, southeast of Lexington.
White Hall[]
The site's major feature is White Hall, the home of Kentucky legislator Cassius Marcellus Clay and Mary Jane Warfield Clay. He was an anti-slavery newspaper publisher, politician, soldier and Minister to Russia through the Lincoln, Johnson and Grant administrations. He published True American for nearly 25 years.
This restored 44-room Italianate began as a 7-room structure built in 1798-1799 by General Green Clay. It was expanded and remodeled in the early 1860s to the structure seen today.
The site became part of the state park system in 1968.[2]
On April 12, 2011, White Hall was designated as a national historic site in journalism by the Society of Professional Journalists, because of Clay's career as a publisher.[3]
Restoration[]
The house's restoration was completed and open to the public in 1971 under the leadership of Kentucky's First Lady , with assistance of the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation.[4] In addition to the heirloom and period furnishings, White Hall has many unique features for its day, including indoor plumbing and central heating.[5]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Historic Sites". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
- ^ "Dedicates White Hall as Historic Site in Journalism", Eastern Kentucky University
- ^ "White Hall". 21 October 2010.
- ^ http://parks.ky.gov/statehistoricsites/wh/index.htm
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