Case Study

LOCUST GROVE Louisville, KY

TASK

Create schematic designs and build museum exhibits transforming Locust Grove’s visitor center into a story driven visitor experience center about the founding of America. Locust Grove is a National Historic Landmark on 55 acres of the original 694 acre farm established by William and Lucy Clark Croghan in 1790 in Louisville, KY. William Croghan was the brother-in-law and surveying partner of George Rogers Clark, founder of Louisville and Revolutionary War hero. George Rogers Clark spent the last nine years of his life at Locust Grove, from 1809 until his death in 1818. “A Country Worth Defending: Land & Family in Early Kentucky” interprets the American Revolution in the West and the people who settled and built in Kentucky. A recreated surveyors’ office exhibit in the 1810 log building is incorporated into the new exhibition as is a look at the interactions of the Croghan family and their enslaved workers in the daily life of an early Kentucky farm.

SCOPE OF WORK

Working with Solid Light, of Louisville, KY, WGI executed designs and fabricated exhibits for this fast track project completed in less than 45 days. Scope of work included construction documents, architectural hardware, custom millwork and fabrication, hand painting, and installation of an 8 foot long log wall into an authentic fortified settlement. Innovative detailing and construction methods were required to accomplish the installation.