Ashland (Henry Clay estate)

Ashland
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
The front of the house
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Location	120 Sycamore Road Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°1′43″N 84°28′48″W / 38.02861°N 84.48000°W / 38.02861; -84.48000
Built	1811
Architect	Benjamin H. Latrobe; Thomas Lewinski
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	66000357[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960

Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay,^[2] located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by enslaved African Americans, and enslaved people grew and harvested hemp, farmed livestock, and cooked and cleaned for the Clays.

Ashland is a registered National Historic Landmark.^[2] The Ashland Stakes, a Thoroughbred horse race at Keeneland Race Course that has run annually since the race course first opened in 1936, was named for the historically important estate.