Locust Grove Historic Site

55 acres of history dating back to 1790. Beautifully preserved buildings house. Awesome visitor center with many items and souvenirs to remember a memory for a lifetime. Tours available call ahead. Take plenty of pics. Facilities indoor and outdoors for many rental occasions. Nestled on the hills a couple miles south of the Ohio river. Very clean facilities Well appointed walking sidewalks and grass trails lead to small crops once growing on the historic farm, builds are relatively close together.

Before heading out, we checked Locust Grove's website and it listed tour times with no indication that the main house was closed for installation of new HVAC. Nothing on their website made any indication that tours were not available. The house and museum are normally open Tuesday to Sunday in February but with the HVAC work, the house has been closed for two months (January and February). It is scheduled to reopen on MARCH 1st. Obviously, others must have known the house/museum was closed as we only saw 3 or 4 other non-staff visitors while we were there.That said, we did enjoy a 12 minute video presentation in the visitors center and did have a chance to see exhibits detailing the site's history - also in the visitors center. After the visitors center, we did a walking tour of the site and read all the signs explaining the purpose of each building. The walking tour was interesting.We need to return sometime after March 1st and actually get a tour of the main house and museum.

First time visiting. Delightful gift shop with an impressive selection of books. The staff were knowledgeable and helpful. Arrived in time to partake in a guided tour with Margaret. She is the best guide ever! Pleasant. Informative. Friendly. She entertained all of our questions and pointed out fun facts about the grounds too. I appreciated the sign that encouraged patrons to use the bathroom that reflected their preferred gender. I also appreciate that she referenced enslaved people vs slaves. The property is huge and full of stories of people free and not free. The bathrooms are clean and plentiful. My knowledge base is enhanced bc of Margaret. Lots of people were taking family photos on the grounds and we witnessed a wedding proposal!Without question, we'd def return.

Very interesting place. I love that you can do a self tour with explanations on an app. Beautiful grounds. The cashier in the shop was lovely and was gave us plenty of wonderful information. I bought myself some earrings. I learned something new about who George Rodgers Clark. Older brother of Wm. Clark (Lewis and Clark). A must see. June 1, 2023

I've always been a big fan of George Rogers Clark, a truly under appreciated hero of the founding of the US. It was nice to see that the place where he spent his last days is do nicely preserved. They have restored the mansion and several out buildings here and have retained enough land to give you a feel of what it was like in the day. It was owned by GRC's brother-in-law, himself a hero of the Revolution. Because of the prominence of these two, many historical figures of the "west" in those days passed through here. There is also a nice interpretive center. We enjoyed our visit here and are glad we made it part of our visit to Louisville.

My daughters and I visited this beautiful site yesterday afternoon and walked the grounds and checked out the scenery. It has a lot of history here and has many fun events to join in on different events. Their is a cool statue of George Rodgers Clark on the outside of the visitor center thats neat to see

Beautiful location!! Came for the gardening festival! They were prepared at the entrance for parking and the signs to get into the festival. The fest was in full swing, tons of great and new vendors. About 4 foods trucks and they had some musicians playing music. The location was beautiful, the plants and flowers on the grounds were just as beautiful. Besides the vendors, I loved touring the grounds and reading and seeing the history. My favorite was the history on distilling and hear about the history. Definitely want to come back for more events.

Very pretty site! I wasn't there for long, just went to the book sale they were having and got a few books for pretty cheap which was nice because I'm a big reader. Would like to come back one day for a tour

History and nature lovers, Locust Grove is for you!I don't know why it's taken me so long to visit Locust Grove. It is the embodiment of every thing I love: history and nature in a palpable setting. The main house has been lovingly restored. The tour guides will let you know about the special wallpapers and the efforts it took to achieve that shade of green paint on the walls. I especially enjoy the staging in the rooms. It is as if the occupants merely left the room for a moment. My favorite place on the property is the kitchen which is next to the main house. The guides have placed real fruits and vegetables on the tables. And somehow, the room is still infused with that lovely scent of smoked meats cooked over a wood fire. To me, this smell makes the kitchen the most tangible part of the house.The property is of course, within a grove of Locust trees. Everything was so green and lush on this rainy spring day. I can't wait to come back here to sit under the trees with a picnic basket.

This is my favorite slice of history in Louisville. They are so historically accurate and the building is so well preserved. Locust Grove is a must-see for anyone visiting Louisville.