"Ashland" Home of Henry Clay
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Barry Fowler / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
PFTJ4NFile size:
34.5 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14.2 x 9.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
19 May 2012Location:
Lexington, Kentucky, USAMore information:
In 1804, Henry Clay began to acquire land for a farm for his young family. He had lived in Lexington Kentucky since 1799, but by 1804 Clay was ready to move from his town home on Mill Street to a more substantial residence on the outskirts of town. By 1809, the center block of his new home was complete and Clay was residing on the farm he named Ashland for the ash trees abundant on the property. By 1811, Clay desired still more room and received plans to add wings to Ashland from Benjamin Latrobe, architect of the Federal Capitol. Within a year or so, the home was a full five-part Federal structure including a center block, two hyphens (connecting pieces), and two end blocks. Clay and his wife, Lucretia Hart, resided at the home until his death in 1852.