Nearest city Richmond, Kentucky NRHP Reference # 71000352 Year built 1798 Added to NRHP 11 March 1971 | Architectural style Italianate, Georgian Area 6 ha Phone +1 859-623-9178 | |
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Location 500 White Hall Shrine Road Architect Gen. Green Clay; Thomas Lewinski Address 500 White Hall Shrine Rd, Richmond, KY 40475, USA Similar Fort Boonesborough State Park, Battlefield Park, Perryville Battlefield State Hist, William Whitley House St, Waveland State Historic S | ||
White hall state historic site april 2015
White Hall State Historic Site is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) park in Richmond, Kentucky, southeast of Lexington.
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White hall state historic site opens april 1
White Hall
The site's 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.
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.
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.
Restoration
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. In addition to the heirloom and period furnishings, White Hall has many unique features for its day, including indoor plumbing and central heating.