My Old Kentucky Home was built in 1822 by Judge John Rowan, who served on the Kentucky Court of Appeals and U.S. Senate. Rowan named the house "Federal Hill." Stephen Foster was inspired to write his world-famous song "My Old Kentucky Home" after visiting the home in 1852.

After finishing their tour of the inside of My Old Kentucky Home, visitors visit the smokehouse and carriage house behind the house.

Maggie Mattingly and Sandra Oakman, tour guides at My Old Kentucky Home, chat while awating visitors. Mattingly said she averages around six or seven tours a day.

Items used during the period three generations of the Rowan family lived in My Old Kentucky Home. The items are in the kitchen located in the wing behind the home.

Sandra Oakman, a tour guide at My Old Kentucky Home State Park, shares the history of the Rowan family with Mary and George Burke of London, Ohio.

Gillian Fell, a tour guide at My Old Kentucky Home State Park, waits in the home for tourists.

Visitors leave My Old Kentucky Home State Park after finishing their tour.

Derek Bryan, 11, of Bardstown, waits for his sister to finish taking her senior portraits in front of My Old Kentucky Home.