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Forest Retreat was built in 1820 by Thomas Metcalfe, who was born in Virginia in 1780, died in 1855, and was buried here. He was a captain in the War of 1812, a member of Congress from 1819 to 1828, Governor from 1828 to 1832, a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1834 to 1838, and a U.S. Senator from 1848 to 1849, completing Crittenden's term. Known as "Old Stone Hammer," he laid the foundation in 1797 of the Governor's Mansion, now used by the Lieutenant Governor, and built the Green County Courthouse in 1806, still in use in 1964.
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