Sketch of Spring Grove in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1812 Samuel and Abigail Oldham Churchill purchased 306 acres adjoining his parents' property and built Spring Grove. The brick home was known for its rich carved woodwork and would later become the home of R. C. Ballard Thruston, former president of The Filson Historical Society.
Built in 1837 by Gabriel Farnsley (1800-1849), Moremen's Villa, now known as Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing is one of the last remaining nineteenth-century houses in southwestern Jefferson County. The house stands at the center of more than 300-acre landmark property on the banks of the Ohio River.
Sketch of Mansfield in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Henry Watterson was the founder and owner of the Louisville Courier-Journal. In 1894 he bought Joseph Hite's property which consisted of 100 acres including a four-room house about a mile from the main square in Jeffersontown, now an independent city within Jefferson County. Watterson transformed the house and property into a grand estate named "Mansfield" after the childhood home of his wife. In 1975 the estate, which had fallen into disrepair, was purchased by a developer. Amid much controversy, the mansion burned in 1976 and was later demolished.
