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William Christian establishes a large estate and builds a log cabin above the spring. |
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| 1787/00/00 |
Priscilla Christian Bullitt |
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A frame house is built for Priscilla and Alexander Bullitt.It represents one of the three major periods of construction incorporated in the mansion today. |
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| 1787/00/00 |
Alexander Scott Bullitt |
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Alexander Scott Bullitt buys a farm adjacent to William Christian's estate on Beargrass Creek. He names it Ox Moor after a place mentioned in Lawrence Sterne's "Tristram" Shandy. |
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (book) |
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| 1790/00/00 |
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Auxiliary buildings include a prison with a steel door and bars on the windows, ice-house, smoke house, kitchen and washroom for the main house, slave kitchen and slave quarters which houses some of the 100 slaves who worked on the farm. |
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| 1793/02/14 |
William Christian Bullitt |
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Priscilla Christian Bullitt, wife of Alexander Scott Bullitt, gives birth to a son, William Christian Bullitt, on the family plantation, Oxmoor, in Louisville, Kentucky. |
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| 1800/00/00 |
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A fine brick front is added to the mansion by William C Bullitt. |
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| 1807/09/00 |
Polly Churchill Bullitt |
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Mary Polly and Alexander Scott Bullitt make a home at Oxmoor. |
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| 1824/02/10 |
John Christian Bullitt |
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Mildred Ann Fry Bullitt, wife of William Christian Bullitt, gives birth to a son, John Christian Bullitt in Louisville, Kentucky. |
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| 1838/05/17 |
Thomas Walker Bullitt |
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Mildred Ann Bullitt, wife of William Christian Bullitt, gives birth to a son, Thomas Walker Bullitt, at Oxmoor, the Bullitt family plantation in Louisville, Kentucky. |
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| 1863/00/00 |
William Christian Bullitt |
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William Christian Bullitt moves from the family estate to Louisville. Bullitt had been admitted to the Bar before he was 21 years old but gave up his practice to become a progressive farmer, using the latest farm tools and the finest grade of stock. |
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| 1908/00/00 |
William Marshall Bullitt |
Home |
William Marshall Bullitt, the great-grandson of Alexander Scott Bullitt, moves into Oxmoor. |
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| 1910/00/00 |
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William M Bullitt extends the house in 1910 and 1927. The architect of the library wing is Burrel Hofman. |
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| 1911/00/00 |
Marian Cruger Coffin |
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The Oxmoor house is set in superb gardens designed by Marian Coffin. |
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| 1912/00/00 |
George Herbert Gray |
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William M Bullitt hires George Herbert Gray for work on his residence. |
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| 1913/07/00 |
Nora Iasigi Bullitt |
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Nora Iasigi Bullitt, a prize-winning sculptor, makes a home at Oxmoor in Louisville, Kentucky, where she supervise the renovations and additions to the Bullitt ancestral home. |
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