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My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown, KY
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My Old Kentucky Home State Park

Tour Federal Hill, the Rowan family mansion tied to Stephen Foster's ballad, where a singing guide performs My Old Kentucky Home.

501 E Stephen Foster Ave · Bardstown, KY

About My Old Kentucky Home State Park

My Old Kentucky Home State Park centers on Federal Hill, the three-story mansion of Judge John Rowan, completed in 1818. A guide leads you through the house and grounds, and on every mansion tour the guide sings My Old Kentucky Home, the state song. Outside you can see the springhouse, smokehouse and the Rowan family burial ground. The park is also home to The Stephen Foster Story, an outdoor musical first staged in 1959.

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