Locust Grove's house tour asks whose lives made an early Kentucky household work
The guided visit connects the Croghan and Clark families with the enslaved community and other people whose histories intersected at the site.
Image: Archival photograph of Locust Grove by William Gus Johnson dated April 1987; not current grounds, tour access or present building conditions.
A historic house contains more than the story of its owners. At Locust Grove, a guided visit offers a way to ask how a household operated, who performed its work and how the people connected to it experienced early Kentucky differently.
The site's house tour interprets the Croghan and Clark families, the enslaved community and notable visitors. It generally lasts sixty–ninety minutes. Rather than moving through rooms only as furnished scenes, listen for the evidence behind the interpretation and the relationships between domestic spaces, labor and the wider region.
Current tours run Tuesday–Saturday at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $6 for children six–eighteen. The site recommends arriving at least fifteen minutes before a scheduled tour for the optional introductory film, with tickets available online or on arrival subject to availability.
Locust Grove is at 561 Blankenbaker Lane, with free parking. Its grounds open daily from dawn to dusk, while the visitor center and house tours follow their own hours. Check current access and program arrangements before traveling. An outdoor walk can complement the tour, but it is not a substitute for reserving the house experience when that is the purpose of the visit.
Sources and visit details
Photo: William Gus Johnson / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; the site wordmark may be added in display.
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