Liberty Hall Historic Site

We attended our first high tea at the Orlando Brown House followed by a tour of Liberty Hall. Both houses were original Brown properties. Both are beautiful and historic. The high tea was tasty with tea exclusively made for Historic Liberty Hall. Once finished with the high tea we were escorted down the street to Liberty Hall where we began our tour of this impressive and historic site. If I am correct the buildings remained in the family until 1934 when it was deemed a historic site and became a museum. To actually have so much of the original furnishings is astounding.

Debra was a fantastic tour guide. We had a small group on a Saturday afternoon and it made it feel personalized, but this may not be the experience for all. You are able to walk through the home and go in many of the rooms. The homes original owners left many things behind so you can see many pieces that were original to the home. The price was super reasonable. 100% recommend!

It was a dark and stormy night. On this perfect type of night for a spooky activity I visited Liberty Hall for their "Our Beloved Ghost Tour." I was looking forward to the tour which would be about the ghost sightings at this historic home, including "the Grey Lady" and 19th-century attitudes about death, mourning, and spiritualism.The atmosphere in the house was set with the lights off and electric candles in each room. First we entered the parlor, where a coffin was set up. I loved the drama! The guides related a story about a death in the family. They read from scripts. I have been on many tours of historic homes and I have never had guides read from a script before, but always relate the information from memory. I do not believe that they read from a script during their regular tours. I think that they had the script because they only give this tour twice a year and traded off speaking. I would have given this review more stars, except that I couldn't get past the fact that they were reading their parts. The two female tour guides dressed in black. One of the guides wore a mourning veil. I loved the veil and her discussion of the typical mourning attire of the Victorian times. The house is beautiful. I would love to come back for one of their regular tours. This evening ended with refreshments of hot apple cider and cookies!

My family of 4 had a great tour on a sunny Thursday afternoon in May. Debra, our tour guide welcomed us right in, and we were the only ones on the tour. She was knowledgeable and friendly. We learned a lot! A nice accompaniment to a visit to Buffalo Trace.

I came from California. The tour was awesome. I highly recommend doing this if you visit Kentucky. The library was my favorite room in the house.

Beautiful home!!Debra our tour guide was excellent! Very informative. Would highly recommend a visit.

This is a must see attraction in Frankfort. Our docent was one of the best we've ever had as a tour guide. The property is beautiful and has original furnishings from the early 1800s. It is lovely and elegant. Gives a great perspective on early Kentucky and United States history and the important people who lived then. Great connection to Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers. One tour a day , at 1:30 PM. Don't miss it!

Visited from the Chicago area with our 5yo twin boys. Our guide was very gracious and included the boys in on her talk, from having them ring the original doorbell to asking them their guesses on specific furnishings in some of the rooms. I love touring early Federal style homes and this was a truly beautiful house.

The tour of the two homes Liberty Hall and the Orlando Brown house at the same location is one of the grandest tours of Old Kentucky. Liberty Hall has one of the best histories of any old home in the state. It is near the state Capitol and can be included in a tour of Frankfort. It is well worth a drive from Lexington. It is decorated with correct antiques for the period and many are family pieces handed down. You will love the tour, the stories, the occasional fire side cooking displays and the gardens look like they are being tended for a President with a mix of native wildflowers and plants that thrive in Kentucky. The stories of the Brown family are many and one can almost feel the cold while being told how they had to live the first winter in the mansion with no windows while waiting for them to be shipped to the Kentucky wilderness. Liberty Hall has a large group of dedicated Kentuckians who work to preserve it's history and while I am not a part of it, I would join the efforts in an instant if I ever thought this Kentucky gem was threatened in any way for need of help. If you do little else while in Central Kentucky make the drive to Frankfort to tour Liberty Hall.