The Historical Society of Cheshire County was keeping it real when it added a new pavilion to its Bruder House on Main Street in Keene, using construction that would be right at home in the 1700s thanks to volunteers at Bensonwood. (Video by Benajil Rai / Sentinel Staff) | The Keene Sentinel

Known as Keene Place and built in 1805 by the Keene Family, the mansion is among the oldest homes in Central Kentucky and is jam-packed with history. In 1825 the Marquis de Lafayette of France for whom Fayette County is named and who served as an American General in the Revolutionary War alongside his close friend George Washington, stayed in the mansion. Keeneland purchased the home and its 15 surrounding acres in 2003, and undertook, in partnership with the Center for Historic Architecture and