Kentucky's Executive Mansion
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State's second governor's residence. Governor James B. McCreary, chair of the Sinking Fund Commission, guided the two-year (1912-14), $95,000 construction project. On the National Register of Historic Places–1972. Patterned after Marie Antoinette’s villa, the 25-room, limestone mansion and its gardens
have been renovated several times.
Dedicated April 28, 2009.
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