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The Grove Gazette, our quarterly newsletter,
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Construction
is underway on the long-planned expansion of the Visitors
Center building. A new exhibition has been planned for
the space, which will also include extensive renovation
to the interior of the 1970s-era structure. Another
feature of the new exhibition area, which is expected
to open in the summer of 2008, is the conversion of
the site's existing 1810 log house from office to exhibit
space. The cabin will now represent the surveying office
of William Croghan, who was Locust Grove's owner, and
the surveying partner of George Rogers Clark, his brother-in-law.
"The improvements will make Locust
Grove an even more attractive historic site," Mayor
Jerry Abramson said. The building addition and renovation
was designed by JRA Architects of Louisville, and is
being constructed by Bornstein Construction.
The new exhibit gallery will focus on
the land of Kentucky as it was transformed from a wilderness
claimed by many nations, into cultivated farms in the
new United States, during the late 18th and early 19th
centuries. The American Revolution in the Ohio Valley
will be viewed through the military campaigns of Gen.
George Rogers Clark, who won much of the region for
the new nation. “We are pleased to have the space
to tell the story of why George Rogers Clark matters
so much to the history of this region and this country,”
Historic Locust Grove’s Executive Director, Carol
Ely, said. 
The story continues as surveyors, such
as Clark and Croghan, divide the land for settlement
and farming. The lives of Locust Grove's Clark and Croghan
families are featured, along with the site's enslaved
African-Americans, and visitors to the farm. The later
history and restoration of the site in the 1960s will
also be presented. The award-winning Louisville exhibit
design firm Solid Light is designing the new exhibition.
The renovated structure will also include
a climate-controlled collections storage area and an
archive room.
Historic Locust Grove is a National Historic
Landmark, and one of only a handful of AAM- accredited
museums in the Commonwealth. The land and buildings
are owned by Metro Louisville as part of the Metro Parks
Department, and the site is managed by Historic Locust
Grove, Inc., a private non-profit organization.
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