White Hall State Historic House

This is a rather splendid-looking estate, surrounded by a circumferential paved trail and an accompanying park with playground, a pond full of fish, and some facilities. Weirdly, the house itself has separate parking and is not that easy to walk to from the surrounding park; perhaps for some jurisdictional reason. I walked the grounds, but didn't actually tour the house. It seemed worth doing.The rest of the park offers a nice view of the surrounding farmland and easy paved trails, and I would say the people getting their workout on made a good decision to come here. Definitely be ready for pollen and heat (season-dependent of course).

Beautiful, well maintained grounds. A Kentucky gem! Well worth a visit anytime of the year.

White Hall is a grand historic house nestled amidst rolling land in Madison County. Built in the late 1700's, Cassius Marcellus Clay's mansion is Georgian and Italianate styles with nearly 10,000 square feet of space. The landscaping with its huge trees that today on this late Spring day are lush and vibrant green encourage thoughts of what it must have been like to live in the house during its day. Do stop by to take a tour if you are in nearby Richmond.

Very beautiful and love the beautiful view, along with the food. Learning about the things I didn't even realize. Will go again, next time taking my grandchildren

If you are in the Richmond area this is a must see for history buffs. This is the home of Cassius Marcellus Clay. It is a 44 room mansion built in 1799 and later remodeled in the 1860's. It is just a unique place to see the slave quarters and cook buildings. I recently took the family there just to show them not only the history of our city but to also to show them what we now take for granted. If you are looking for a great time and an affordable day trip you may want to bring the family here.

One of my best friends is really into ghost tours and ghost hunting TV shows. We went on an awesome haunted trolley tour on vacation in Asheville last year that thrilled her and kept me up at night. I love cultural history and visiting historic homes, so when I heard about White Hall's scandals and ghost tour I knew that this would be the perfect outing for us. This tour is a great blend of the scandalous history of the Clay family and supernatural events that have been experienced in the house. Our guide, Jeffrey did a wonderful job of dramatically recounting the encounters that he and other employees have had at White Hall.This tour is offered two weekends in July every year.I've been on the regular tour of White Hall, and as someone who has visited most of the other historic homes in this area I can say with confidence that White Hall is the house to see! The house is beautiful, large (they actually take you up to the third floor and will take you into the cellar if you ask), and the family history is interesting. Cassius Clay was a fascinating man. From his emancipationist views, the cannon he kept, his second marriage at 84 to a 15 year old, and the unanswered question of whether or not he fathered the orphan he brought home from Russia after he was an ambassador there, you will not be holding back yawns listening to his life story.

This is a great piece of local and national history. The easy access to interstate 75 in Kentucky makes it is perfect side trip if you need to get out and stretch your legs for a few hours on the road or for a day trip for local residents. The history is amazing and if that is not your thing you will surly enjoy walking around the grounds and guided tour through the home. I have recently heard about evening tours as well to experience the home after dark an experience not offered by many home/museums of this stature. The staff makes sure the grounds and home are well cared for and you can tell they love the home as much as the original owners. The knowledge of the tour guides is amazing and the relaxed atmosphere allows guests to ask questions and learn as much as they want.A must see in central Kentucky.

Great tour had Dani and she did an awesome job!lots of history and it was interesting. You can be safe with covid and s great way to learn.

The White hall is a special place to my family because my grandparents actually lived there before the state took it over. They had their honeymoon there. I made it a point over the years to take my kids and now my grandkids to see it. Me, my daughter, and one of my grandchildren recently visited again. Me and my daughter were let down big time because we remember being taken through the basement out the back of the mansion. They obviously are using it for storage or so the guide told us. The place was as beautiful as we remember but none of its true history was mentioned and Im talking about the slave activity that was so much a part of this homes history. It was all seemingly watered down for some reason. We remember being told about how slaves suffered in the basement and how the mans son worked to put a stop to his daddys slave ideas. As horrible as all that was, it is still our history. Our kids need to hear what really happened. How can things change or be better if all our history isn't told. The guide did a good job telling about the mansion itself but there is a lot more we felt should have been said. I would recommend this to be seen but be aware that there is a whole lot more to the storyline than you will hear. There are slave homes in the back that you have to walk to. They used to show these. Hopefully you will get the entire tour like we experienced years ago. It really is a fascinating story.