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l Colonel Whitley was sixty—five years of age when war was declared
with Great Britain in 1812; and though he had held the rank of colonel in
the Kentucky militia, he enlisted as a private. He was killed in action
at the Battle of the Thames in l8l3.
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Nelson County, Ky.
Wiokland, built in l8l7 by Charles Anderson Wickliffe and located { i
just east of Bardstown in Nelson County, is one of the best examples of {
Federal architecture in Kentucky. The stately mansion is referred to as 1
"The Home of Three Governors“ and is reputed to be the only home in the j
United States from which three governors from one family came. l
The sixteen—room residence was designed by John Marshall Brown l
and John Rogers. Two stories in height, with finished attic and basement,
it rests upon a foundation of native stone. Brick was used in the con- ‘
struction of the exterior walls. The interior partitions were brick and
studs, plastered. The roof was of frame construction, covered with wood ~
shingles. The house floors were of random width ash; the basement floor,
- earthen.
The perfection of detail and the general magnificence of the build-
· ing makes it evident the planning was done on a grand scale with little