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The Old Mansion was the home of thirty-three Governors during their terms of office and the scene of elaborate political and social functions from 1797 to 1914. Thomas Metcalfe, who laid the stone foundation in 1797, later occupied the mansion as the tenth Kentucky Governor from 1828 to 1832. It was not used from 1914 to 1956, then was renovated and made the residence for the Lieutenant Governors.
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Frankfort, Kentucky · United States
