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Farmington Historic Plantation
by Thomas Jefferson (attributed)
3033 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205
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Federal-style hemp plantation built from plans attributed to Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln visited here in 1841. Now a museum interpreting both the Speed family's life and the enslaved community.
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Farmington (Louisville, Kentucky)
United States historic place
Farmington, an 18-acre (7.3 ha) historic site in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, was once the center of a hemp plantation owned by John and Lucy Speed. The 14-room, Federal-style brick plantation house was possibly based on a design by Thomas Jefferson and has several Jeffersonian architectural features. As many as 64 African Americans were enslaved by the Speed family at Farmington.
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