GDK Hometown Tours: Jack Jouett House 3

SPEAKER 1: WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. WE ARE AT THE JACK JOUETT HOUSE RIGHT HERE IN VERSAILLES, KENTUCKY AND WE’RE ACTUALLY IN THE KITCHEN PART OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE ORIGINAL CABIN THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN …
SUSAN: THE 1780’S.
SPEAKER 1: WOW THAT’S AMAZING. I’D NEVER SEEN A KITCHEN MADE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CABINS BEFORE AND YOU SAID YOU HADN’T EITHER.
SUSAN: I HAVEN’T. JOUETT, WHEN HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THE CABINS EXISTED. HE BUILT THE DOG TROT AND TURNED IT INTO AND OUTDOOR KITCHEN.
SPEAKER 1: THAT’S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, SUSAN I HAVE TO ASK YOU, HOW DID YOU GET INSPIRED TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT, TO BE INVOLVED WITH AND ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS, WITH THE JACK JOUETT HOUSE.?
SUSAN: WELL ACTUALLY, I’VE BEEN A HISTORIAN AND WORKED IN PUBLIC HISTORY FOR MY WHOLE CAREER AND MY HUSBAND AND I CAME TO AN EVENT HERE AND WE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER AND THEN THE POSITION CAME OPEN AND MY POSITION IS FUNDED BY WOODFORD COUNTY FISCAL COURT. THAT’S WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, BUT WITH SUPPORT FROM A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THE WOODFORD COUNTY HERITAGE COMMITTEE.
SPEAKER 1: WOW. THAT’S FANTASTIC. NOW WHAT CAN FOLKS EXPECT TO SEE WHEN THEY COME OUT HERE? WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE GONNA BE LIKE? IF THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND TOUR THE HOUSE?
SUSAN: OKAY. THEIR GONNA GET AN INTRODUCTION IN THE VISITOR CENTER WITH THE EXHIBITS, AND THEN WE WALK UP AND THEY GET A COMPLETE GUIDED TOUR OF THE HOUSE AND THE CABIN.
SPEAKER 1: SO IT’S VERY PERSONALIZED ISN’T IT?
SUSAN: OH, YEAH. YES.
SPEAKER 1: OKAY. YOU KNOW AS FAR AS WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE WITH THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE AFTER THEY’RE DONE VISITING?
SUSAN: THE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE MOST TO TAKE WITH THEM IS THAT THIS FAMILY GAVE ITSELF, SELFLESSLY TO THE NATION.
SPEAKER 1: AWE, AND THAT’S VERY TRUE. NOW HOW CAN FOLKS GET AHOLD, IF THEY WANT TO COME AND DO A TOUR HERE, HOW DO THEY GET AHOLD OF YOU AND WHERE DO THEY NEED TO GO?
SUSAN: THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW.JOUETTHOUSE.ORG. THEY CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO INFO@JOUETTHOUSE.ORG. THEY CAN GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. JUST TYPE IN THE JACK JOUETT HOUSE, OR THEY CAN CALL 859-873-7902.
SPEAKER 1: AWESOME, WELL SUSAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND BEING A PART OF THE SHOW TOO.
SUSAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SPEAKER 1: AND WE WILL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.