Locust Grove

Locust Grove - Where Louisville Begins

561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY 40207

Monday - Saturday 10:00am to 4:30pm | Sunday 1:00pm to 4:30pm

For tickets to Frankenstein: A Reading Performance with Kentucky Shakespeare, please visit http://bit.ly/lgfrankenstein.

18th Century Market Fair

Experience the 18th century with all five senses! You are invited to join Locust Grove and the Illinois Regiment of Virginia as we bring the spirit of the past alive with Market Fair. Learn More

About Locust Grove

The ca. 1792 Georgian mansion, recently re-restored to near its original appearance, is the centerpiece to the rolling fields, woodlands, gardens and farm buildings. Learn More

Upcoming Events

Frankenstein: A Reading Performance by Kentucky Shakespeare

Tuesday, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Right in time for Halloween, join Kentucky Shakespeare in the great parlor inside Locust Grove's historic home as they bring this classic story to life in a staged reading performance. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote and published Frankenstein during the Croghan's occupancy of Locust Grove, making this a perfect melding of worlds to mark the season. Light refreshments provided. Tickets $20 per person or $15 for Locust Grove members; prepaid reservations required. Visit http://bit.ly/lgfrankenstein to reserve. Doors open at 6:00 pm; performance begins at 7:00 pm.

18th Century Market Fair at Locust Grove

Saturday - Sunday, 10:00am - 4:30pm

Experience the 18th century with all five senses! You are invited to join Locust Grove and the Illinois Regiment of Virginia as we bring the spirit of the past alive with the Market Fair. You can participate in 18th-century style entertainment, purchase replicas of 18th-century military and household items, and enjoy food and drink as our founders did. See the sheep, and horses, and meet and converse with early Americans. Mock battles for our country’s independence feature General George Rogers Clark’s own company, the Illinois Regiment of Virginia, as well as British Dragoons and Marines. Admission $8 adults, $4 children. *** Reenactor Registration may be found here.

Public Meeting: Site Changes at Locust Grove

Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Historic Locust Grove invites you to join us for a Public Meeting to learn about our future construction plans. We’ve worked with architects DeLeon Primmer, landscape architects Environs, Metro Parks, and other consultants on plans for an open air pavilion, new pathways, parking, and entrance, and upgrades to the interior of the Visitor Center, all with the goal of improving visitor access and experience, and providing spaces for new programs and activities. While Locust Grove’s historic house remains at the center of the story and mission of the site, the changes will focus on the other elements of the 55-acre site.

The plans have received preliminary approval from Metro’s historic preservation office, and we look forward to a September 2020 start date for construction.
View the plans, ask questions, and be part of the experience of re-creating Locust Grove as a historic site for the 21st century.

This event is free and open to the public; please RSVP to marketing@locustgrove.org. This meeting will take place in the Audubon Room in the Visitors' Center at Locust Grove.
To learn more about The Campaign for Locust Grove and proposed site changes, please visit our website here: http://bit.ly/hlgcampaign.

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Locust Grove - Where Louisville Begins

561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY 40207

Monday - Saturday 10:00am to 4:30pm | Sunday 1:00pm to 4:30pm

For tickets to Frankenstein: A Reading Performance with Kentucky Shakespeare, please visit http://bit.ly/lgfrankenstein.

18th Century Market Fair

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