Home at Mount Brilliant Farm featured in home design book
A two-year collaboration between Greg and Becky Goodman, owners of Mount Brilliant Farm, and internationally known interior decorator Mona Hajj has resulted in Hajj's new coffee table book, Interior Visions (Random House, $50), featuring the farm.
Texan Greg Goodman and his wife, Becky, bought Mount Brilliant Farm in 1995 and discovered that they would be caretakers of a significant slice of Bluegrass history. That history dates back to 1774, when Kentucky was part of Virginia and 2,000 acres of land on what is now Russell Cave Road was given as a land grant to William Russell for his family's service in the French and Indian War.
Over many years and many owners, the farm has played a starring role in Kentucky history. Russell Cave, which is on the property, is rumored to have been a hiding place for slaves making their way north on the Underground Railroad.
It was no rumor that in 1843, the cave, often used for secret political rallies, was the site — during one rally — of a duel between Cassius Marcellus Clay and Samuel Brown. Clay, who narrowly escaped Brown's bullet when it ricocheted off his Bowie knife, retaliated by cutting off Brown's ear and gouging out one of his eyes.
Despite the grisly nature of the act, he was acquitted after his cousin Henry Clay mounted a masterful defense, arguing that Cassius was simply acting in a manner befitting a Kentuckian.
Things are considerably more peaceful these days at Mount Brilliant, where Goodman keeps a stable of 25 broodmares and their offspring, and where Nehro, the second-place finisher in this year's Kentucky Derby, was bred.
Although he has owned homes in Houston, Nashville and Nassau, he admits to a special fondness for his farm, which includes adjoining 400-acre Faraway Farm, where Man O' War lived his entire life.
"I love the location, the roll of the land and the quality of soil here on Elkhorn Creek, which is as good as that found anywhere in Kentucky," he says.
The Goodmans also love their elegant home, which under previous owners was the carriage house, complete with stables, loft and a ton of character. Despite its charm, however, the couple originally had no intention of living in it, and that decision was reinforced after a 2006 fire destroyed much of the building.
"We just planned to rebuild it to live in while we were constructing our permanent house," Goodman says. "Initially, because of its position overlooking the lake, we planned to use this as a guest house.
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