old kentucky home state park old kentucky home state park state park located kentucky park centerpiece farm owned united_states senator family occupation mansion meeting place local politicians hosted visiting dignitaries farm best known association american composer anti slavery ballad old kentucky home good night foster cousin family likely inspired write ballad anti slavery novel cabin imagery seen visits popularity song increased united_states purchased dedicated historic site renamed old kentucky home july foster song state song kentucky federal hill mansion featured postage stamp symbols featured reverse kentucky state quarter issued commonly known old kentucky home historic mansion planned commissioned judge wife mansion original surrounding acres known rear portion mansion constructed additional space completed form bay story mansion slave labor residence local power center realms legal political social events prominent visitors home included judge occupied louisville residence majority later years rarely residence federal hill near end life house suffered fire damage story roof hired repair damage worked design elements occupied death father john died widow occupied house passed daughter frost imagery anti slavery novel uncle tom cabin cited inspiration anti slavery ballad known old kentucky home according brother stephen occasional visitor stephen sister charlotte visited courted unsuccessfully proposed charlotte old kentucky home commission purchased federal hill heir farm commission renovated property gave farm use state park official dedication july architecture primarily brick fired site laid flemish bond pattern mansion possesses foundation crafted limestone native surrounding countryside finely carved free black mansion designed floors traversed staircase located central hallway floor english basement floor main rooms dining room library second floor consists similarly spaced rooms auxiliary farm buildings associated mansion include original rear home oldest section residence seen consists rooms kitchen built existing structure free standing seen rear structure served residence family primary residence constructed east house family burial ground house flower garden slave cemetery lies flower garden documented longer existing buildings include multiple slave houses large stable west mansion ash house garden house state park property originally state historic site passed intentions increase activities surrounding historic mansion today tour focuses career life enslaved servants federal hill kentucky traditions information 19th century daily life kentucky farm furniture exhibited inside mansion owned family judge family coin silver exhibited mansion renovated renovation funded anonymous donor new floor elaborate period window treatments interpret mansion period occupied mansion use family letters photos 1920s 1950s assisted renovation renovation cost nearly tour guides dress period costumes tour altered include singing old kentucky home tour guides play musical typically performed daily park august year year events held old kentucky home state park special christmas tours offered holiday season year mansion decorated holiday lit new visitors center added park 1990s houses conference wedding space kitchen gift shop contains items concerning park state kentucky especially books kentucky authors items park features kenny golf course regulation hole golf course named previous kentucky commissioner parks native features fully equipped pro shop site available mid march mid november june cent stamp issued honoring park federal hill mansion chosen icons featured kentucky state quarter right mansion inscription coin reads old kentucky home 15th state quarter released october denoting fact kentucky 15th state join united_states official ceremony revealing quarter held park said governor mansion accompanying visible beloved symbols kentucky outdoor productions park features home long running outdoor musical staged summer longest running outdoor drama state kentucky having started written playwright performed indoor theater air conditioning foster songs performed actors dancing period costume retelling foster life recently incorporated new musicals performance schedule addition produced civil war celebration second musical joseph amazing staged musicals included wizard shook addition hosts summer concert series
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