The next meeting of the Christian County Historical Society — at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 — will feature a presentation on Farmington, an 1816 Federal-style house in Louisville. Jim Coursey will give the lecture.
The residence was built for John and Lucy Speed, and the design was inspired by Thomas Jefferson, according to a Kentucky Historical Marker. It was originally part of a 550-acre hemp plantation and opened as a historic site in 1959. Abraham Lincoln, a close friend of John and Lucy Speed’s son, Joshua Speed, visited Farmington for a weeks’ long stay in 1841.
Coursey’s talk is open to the public. Membership in the society is not required to attend…