Workmen at the Governor’s Mansion, 1913. Photo by H. A. Gretter. KHS Collections.
An act of the Kentucky General Assembly, approved February 7, 1912, provided “for the erection and completion of a Governor’s Mansion and other necessary buildings connected therewith.” The act noted that the present governor’s residence was “notoriously inadequate to furnish a proper home for the Governor” and “is now old and dilapidated and much out of repair.” Cost of the new mansion was not to exceed $75,000 for construction and furnishings.
Workmen at the Governor’s Mansion, 1913. Photo by H. A. Gretter. KHS Collections.
