Latrobe’s Pope Villa
Request for Expressions of Interest
After more than three decades of care and study, Latrobe’s Pope Villa is now poised to be rehabilitated and given new use. The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation is excited to invite expressions of interest from outside parties with a desire to guide the next chapter of this exceptional building’s history.
Latrobe’s Pope Villa
Latrobe’s Pope Villa is an early nineteenth-century residence designed by famed architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe for Senator John and Eliza Pope. After a fire in 1987, the Blue Grass Trust acquired the house and immediately began stabilizing it. Subsequent investigations have shown that the surviving structure is an extraordinary example of early nineteenth-century Neoclassical architecture.
Helpful Resources
Fly-though video conceptualization of a rehabilitated Latrobe’s Pope Villa