White Hall State Historic Site

White Hall State Historic Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

White Hall in 2009

Nearest city	Richmond, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°49′58″N 84°21′8″W / 37.83278°N 84.35222°W / 37.83278; -84.35222Coordinates: 37°49′58″N 84°21′8″W / 37.83278°N 84.35222°W / 37.83278; -84.35222
Area	13.6 acres (5.5 ha)
Built	1798
Architect	Gen. Green Clay; Thomas Lewinski
Architectural style	Italianate, Georgian
NRHP Reference #	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. Its major feature is White Hall, the home of Kentucky legislator Cassius Marcellus 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. His daughter, Laura Clay, was the first woman nominated for President by the Democratic Party.

This restored 44-room Italianate mansion was built in 1798-1799 and remodeled in the 1860s.

The site became part of the state park system in 1968.^[2]

The house was restored in 1971 under the leadership of Kentucky's First Lady Beula C. Nunn, with assistance of the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation.^[3] In addition to the heirloom and period furnishings, White Hall has many unique features for its day, including indoor plumbing and central heating.^[4]

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.^[5]

References

↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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.
↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bearsite/5501419050/
↑ http://parks.ky.gov/statehistoricsites/wh/index.htm
↑ "Dedicates White Hall as Historic Site in Journalism", Eastern Kentucky University

External links

White Hall State Historic Site Kentucky Department of Parks
Photo of White Hall
Photo of White Hall's stone kitchen building

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