Brown Pusey House

This charming home offers a view into the past. Beautifully preserved and other parts restored, the home was built in the early 19th century. Once owned by the Pusey family and later became the residence of the Brown family. There are all sorts of interesting artifacts in the house including a vintage cabinet made by Abraham Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln.The home offers a self-guided tour that walked me through the artitectural features and the historical significance. It is also available as a wedding venue.The marker out front reads, "This Georgian mansion was built in 1825 by John Y. Hill. It is known as "Hill House" and as "Aunt Beck Hill's Boarding House." Jenny Lind sang here in 1851 and General George Armstrong Custer and wife boarded here, 1871-73. Doctors William Allen and Robert Brown Pusey gave the house to Elizabethtown in 1923 for a Community House and library."[Review 2047 of 2024 - 281 in Kentucky - 23067 overall]

We have been coming here for every year for the Santa's workshop during the holiday season. The Brown Pusey house is always beautiful decorated for the holidays, with wreaths and candles in the windows and a tree in the main room. The garden is decorated with lights as well but all year long. They do a fun Santa's workshop event here during a second Saturday in downtown Etown. For $5.00 a kid, you get a bag that has your activities and coupon to make a candle and get a snack. This year we made a candle, a foam cup of cocoa ornaments and a Santa themed stocking that my kid got to color. They provide scissors (if needed) tape, glue and markers to make the projects. They have table and chairs in each room for kids to sit down and put together their activities. They make it festive by playing Christmas music and they volunteers wear Christmas theme clothing and Santa hats. The snacks are juice box and gold fish crackers and water and/or coffee for the adults. We always have a blast at the Santa's workshop and make awesome memories and keepsakes.

My friend recently had a wedding here, so while i don't know how the staff was, the facility is gorgeous, nice backyard.. only thing i can say is the a/c does seem a bit lacking with a crowd.. but it was a really hot day when i went.