James Garrard

ID: 1170
This file appears in: The Old Mansion
James Garrard

Governor Garrard was the first executive to call the mansion home. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: The Old Mansion

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1208 in Frankfort notes the location of the Old Governor's Mansion, the former residence of the state's chief executive. When Kentucky became the nation's fifteenth state in 1792, Frankfort was selected as the…