The Nathan Hawkins “Mansion”: A Stone House in the Kentucky Territory of Virginia, 1790

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
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By: Dr. Gay Sweely The house itself was … peeking stoically out from behind two overgrown oak trees …. It was a timeworn stone structure … with an addition thoughtlessly tacked on the back. That part was painted a dingy white … Indeed, the house hadn’t been lived in … …

October 13, 2018October 13, 2018
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By: Michelle Williams, KHS Intern In May of 1825, by invitation of Governor Joseph Desha, Kentucky welcomed its most prominent guest – Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known mononymously in the United States as simply Lafayette.[i] Lafayette was the French hero of the American Revolution, …

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The Nathan Hawkins “Mansion”: A Stone House in the Kentucky Territory of Virginia, 1790

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