Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate

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Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate

Black and white postcard of Ashland and Henry Clay. ca. 1910.

Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate

By Warren Greer
Historical Marker #2235 identifies the home of Henry Clay, one of the most influential U.S. politicians of the nineteenth century. After Clay's death in 1852, his heirs sold Ashland land to his son, James Brown Clay, who built the current…