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Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail

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    • Abraham Lincoln Birthlace National Historical Park- Hodgenville
    • Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home
    • Lincoln Museum- Hodgenville
    • Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate- Lexington
    • Mary Todd Lincoln House- Lexington
    • Camp Nelson Civil War Park- Nicholasville
    • Farmington Historic Plantation- Louisville
    • Kentucky Historical Society- Frankfort
    • Lincoln Homestead State Park- Springfield
    • Lincoln Legacy Museum and Statue- Springfield
    • Lincoln Memorial University- Near Middlesboro
    • Centre College Lincoln Statue
    • Lincoln Heritage National Scenic Byway- Hodgenville to Danville
    • Joseph Holt Home- Cloverport
    • Jefferson Davis State Historic Site- Fairview
    • State Capitol Rotunda- Frankfort
    • Hardin County Lincoln Sites- Elizabethtown
    • Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site- Danville
    • Civil War Museum of the Western Theater
    • Whitehall State Historic Site- Richmond
    • Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park- Louisville
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Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate- Lexington

Senator Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln's political mentor and hero, built his home on this site. After his death in 1852, Clay's heirs sold the land to his son, James Brown Clay. He built the current house, now on the National Historic Register, in 1857. During the Civil War, James Clay and his family moved to Canada because of his Confederate sympathies. James subsequently died in Canada in 1864 and in January, 1866, his widow, Susan Jacobs Clay, sold the estate to Kentucky University, now the University of Kentucky.

Location: 120 Sycamore Road
Hours & Admission: Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ,March through December. Open Sunday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., April through October. Please check Web site for more information. Adults $10, Children $5, Children 5 and under free.
Phone: 859-266-8581
Web site: http://www.henryclay.org/

Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate- Lexington

Senator Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln's political mentor and hero, built his home on this site. After his death in 1852, Clay's heirs sold the land to his son, James Brown Clay. He built the current house, now on the National Historic Register, in 1857. During the Civil War, James Clay and his family moved to Canada because of his Confederate sympathies. James subsequently died in Canada in 1864 and in January, 1866, his widow, Susan Jacobs Clay, sold the estate to Kentucky University, now the University of Kentucky.

Location: 120 Sycamore Road
Hours & Admission: Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ,March through December. Open Sunday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., April through October. Please check Web site for more information. Adults $10, Children $5, Children 5 and under free.
Phone: 859-266-8581
Web site: http://www.henryclay.org/

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