Buford-Duke House
Buford-Duke House is an old brick house in Scott County, Kentucky. Built in 1792 by Col. Abram Buford, a veteran who helped start Kentucky’s horse industry, the 11-room home later passed to his daughter’s husband, James K. Duke, who enlarged the house and faced it south after Buford’s death in 1833. The front yard once hosted duels and lavish parties. Duke’s nephew, General Basil Duke, lived there after his parents’ divorce; Basil married Henrietta Morgan (John Hunt Morgan’s sister), studied law, and served as a cavalry officer and lawyer in Kentucky. Part of the surrounding land became the Kentucky Horse Park in 1978. The Buford-Duke House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (No. 73000833) since June 19, 1973.
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