. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. the house, grounds and park,is situated a mile and a half south-east of the court-house in Lexington, on thesouth-west side of the turnpike road leading to Richmond. The whole estate ofAshland consists of five or six hundred acres of the best land in proper was projected for an elegant country seat. The house is a spa-cious brick mansion, without much architectural pretensions, surrounded bylawns and j)leasure grounds. The gro
. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. the house, grounds and park,is situated a mile and a half south-east of the court-house in Lexington, on thesouth-west side of the turnpike road leading to Richmond. The whole estate ofAshland consists of five or six hundred acres of the best land in proper was projected for an elegant country seat. The house is a spa-cious brick mansion, without much architectural pretensions, surrounded bylawns and j)leasure grounds. The grounds are interspersed with walks andgroves, and planted with almost every variety of American shrubbery and foresttrees. As the domicil of iIk; great American statesman, Ashland is one of thehousehold words of the American people. Mr. Clay is one of the most enterprising and successful farmers in Kentucky,and has contributed much to improve the quality of the stock of the Clay, we understand, derives from the produce of her dairy alone a veryconsiderable revenue. Colonel William Dudley, well known in American history from the bloody. ), RKSIDENCE OF HENRY CLAY, KY.
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