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My Old Kentucky Home State Park – Bardstown

"My Old Kentucky Home" Holiday Day Tour for Two, Four, or Six (Up to 56% Off)

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In a Nutshell

Holly and pine surround visitors as they tour the 19th-century mansion that inspired Stephen Foster's ballad "My Old Kentucky Home"

The Fine Print

  • Expires Dec 31, 2012
  • Limit 2 per person, may buy 3 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Reservation required. Valid only for option purchased. Not valid on 12/8/12.
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To be considered a historical landmark, buildings must be at least 50 years old and contain at least one Founding Father's skeleton. Feel history in your bones with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options

  • $9 for the "My Old Kentucky Home" holiday day tour for two and a souvenir print (up to an $18 value)
  • $14 for the "My Old Kentucky Home" holiday day tour for four and a souvenir print (up to a $32 value)
  • $21 for the "My Old Kentucky Home" holiday day tour for six and a souvenir print (up to a $46 value)

Dressed in period costumes, guides lead groups of 20–25 on a 30-minute tour of Federal Hill—the Georgian-style mansion that inspired Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home." The mansion, which was finished in 1818, surrounds its visitors in holly, pine, and Christmas decorations, as well as furniture and decor that re-create the 1850s. A fireplace warms an outdoor kitchen, where groups pause for 10 minutes to sip cider and eat bourbon-barrel cake. Before leaving, they can browse a gift shop, which sells pottery, quilts, and other items handcrafted in Kentucky. Tours are given seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours are extended until 8:30 p.m. on November 25th and 26th as well as December 2nd, 3rd, and 9th.

My Old Kentucky Home State Park

A red-tailed hawk soars high above My Old Kentucky Home State Park, peering down at its campgrounds, golf course, and outdoor amphitheater. Here, a cast of actors performs Stephen Foster - The Musical, belting the famous tune, "My Old Kentucky Home." Just a piano's throw away stands Federal Hill, the Georgian-style mansion that originally inspired this perennial ballad.

Built between 1795 and 1818, the brick mansion echoes early American history in everything right down to its decor. Supposedly to honor the original colonies, the number 13 appears throughout the house: 13 windows at the front, 13 steps to each floor, and 13-inch thick walls, which once housed famous guests such as Aaron Burr. For 120 years, the Rowan family lived in the mansion. Then, in 1922, Madge Rowan Frost sold the 235-acre estate, as well as many family heirlooms, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Since then, tour guides have taken visitors throughout the mansion's grounds and into its history-laden rooms. The staff has renovated the mansion in recent years, putting in hours of research to ensure that the carpets, wallpapers, drapes, and hand-whittled internet routers remain authentic to the 1850s. The mansion also celebrates the changing seasons—in winter, the mansion dons Christmas decor and the staffers serve apple cider dressed up in period costumes.

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My Old Kentucky Home State Park

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    Bardstown

    501 E Stephen Foster Ave.
    Bardstown, Kentucky 40004
    (800) 323-7803
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Reviews

  • Love the guides in their costumes of the appropriate time period. The grounds are wonderfully maintained and beautiful.
    Cheryl P
  • Nice historical walk hrough of the home where My Old Kentucky home was written.The staff was knowledgable and very nice.
    Kejola1969
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