Civil War | Historic Site
White Hall State Historic House
Kentucky
500 White Hall Shrine Road
Richmond, KY 40475
United States
Cassius Marcellus Clay, "the Lion of White Hall, " was an outspoken emancipationist, newspaper publisher, and minister to Russia under his friend Abraham Lincoln. This Italianate mansion, furnished in period pieces, was built for Clay and has many noteworthy features.
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