Individual Details
Mary Mason Scott
(1869 - 10 Dec 1934)
She lived at "Liberty Hall', her father's house in Frankfort, where she died. The house was designed by Thomas Jefferson and is one of the oldest houses in the state. Liberty Hall was deeded to Liberty Hall, Inc. in 1937 and was taken over by the Colonial Dames about 1939.
She did not marry.
From the Liberty Hall, Frankfort, KY web site - http://www.libertyhall.org/history.htm
6/2007
By the time of the sale of the Wapping Street lots, the Brown family had occupied Liberty Hall Historic Site for a little over 100 years. Over the next fifty years or so, that would come to an end as would the use of the houses as residences. In 1934, Mary Mason Scott, John Brown's great granddaughter, passed away leaving Liberty Hall to her brother, John Matthew Scott. Mr. Scott was a successful attorney in Louisville and well established in that community. He was also single and active socially and did not desire to be saddled with the burden of maintaining such a large and complex home as Liberty Hall. Mr. Scott decided to sell the house rather than occupy it. A group of concerned citizens formed Liberty Hall, Inc., a nonprofit organization, and bought the house to preserve it. They opened the house as a museum two years later in 1937.
She did not marry.
From the Liberty Hall, Frankfort, KY web site - http://www.libertyhall.org/history.htm
6/2007
By the time of the sale of the Wapping Street lots, the Brown family had occupied Liberty Hall Historic Site for a little over 100 years. Over the next fifty years or so, that would come to an end as would the use of the houses as residences. In 1934, Mary Mason Scott, John Brown's great granddaughter, passed away leaving Liberty Hall to her brother, John Matthew Scott. Mr. Scott was a successful attorney in Louisville and well established in that community. He was also single and active socially and did not desire to be saddled with the burden of maintaining such a large and complex home as Liberty Hall. Mr. Scott decided to sell the house rather than occupy it. A group of concerned citizens formed Liberty Hall, Inc., a nonprofit organization, and bought the house to preserve it. They opened the house as a museum two years later in 1937.
Events
| Birth | 1869 | ||||
| Death | 10 Dec 1934 | Frankfort, Franklin Co., KY |
Families
| Father | William Thompson "Will" Scott (1833 - 1875) |
| Mother | Mary Yoder Brown |
| Sibling | William Thompson Scott (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | John Matthew Scott (1875 - 1956) |