DINSMORE HOMESTEAD

BURLINGTON, KY

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The Dinsmore Homestead is an historic house located in Burlington, Kentucky. It was built in 1842 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is a two-story brick house, with a hipped roof, and a two-story portico with four Tuscan columns. The front facade of the house features a three-bay arcaded porch with a pedimented gable. The interior features a variety of period features, including original woodwork and a staircase.

The homestead was built by William Dinsmore, a pioneer settler and the son of a Revolutionary War veteran. It is thought to have been the first brick house in Boone County, Kentucky. The house was home to the Dinsmore family for more than a century, and was inherited by James Dinsmore, the last family member to live in the house.

The Dinsmore Homestead is now open to the public for tours, and is a popular tourist attraction in Boone County. The house is open for self-guided tours, and guided tours are available by appointment. The house also hosts a variety of special events, including weddings and corporate events. The homestead is a reminder of the area's rich history, and a beautiful example of 19th century architecture.

DINSMORE HOMESTEAD is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in BURLINGTON KY. US MID #8402100298

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 99,069 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

Behold: something is rotten in Denmark Two art fans study Benjamin West's painting of Hamlet Act IV, Scene V, which I guess is now on me to explain. Having looked it up, here’s the scene in a nutshell. In Shakespeare’s day, government was about monarchy and the stability it brought. Hamlet is about regicide and the chaos that follows, which was a recurring theme for The Bard. Hey, the Age of Enlightenment and its idea of checks and balances on power was still over a century away. Modern self-governing republicanism was further.

Seeing that his sister had gone crazy, Laertes (the man pointing up in the painting and holding his sickly sister), who has just returned to Denmark, goes into a rage. He wants to revenge the madness of his sister and the killing of his father. That’s fine with King Claudius, who did not kill Laertes’ father; however, he secretly poisoned his own brother, Hamlet Sr., the original and rightful king. Who knew the Danish could be so full of guile?

Claudius answered Laertes's anger by telling him that it was best to first be certain who the actual murderer was before focusing his useful and righteous rage. Claudius would help answer all Laertes' questions.

End scene.

What is going on behind the scene of this painting is that the new King Claudius saw an opportunity to use Laertes to silence (kill) Prince Hamlet because the prince was on his corrupt trail. Hamlet is clued into who killed his father because (a) the ghost of his dad in the beginning of the play told him so and (b) Claudius acted mighty suspicious.

Claudius did kill King Hamlet and will use his poisoning modus operandi again, which will backfire.

It was Ophelia's fiancé, the moody and introspective Prince Hamlet (not in this painting scene), who unintentionally killed Laertes's and Ophelia's father, sparking Ophelia's descent into madness and Laertes's rage. By the end of the play, all these people are going to end up dead, including Hamlet, Claudius, and even Hamlet's mother, who quickly remarried Claudius after the death of her husband. (She is the crowned queen in the middle of the painting–the royal without the beard.)

Denmark is going to be leaderless.
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Painting title: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V; Ophelia and Laertes (1792)
Artist: Benjamin West (American,1738-1820)
Venue: Cincinnati Art Museum

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telephone: 8595866117
website: http://www.dinsmorefarm.org

DINSMORE HOMESTEAD FOUNDATION INC
5656 BURLINGTON PIKE
BURLINGTON
KY
41005-8668

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MID #	8402100298
Name	DINSMORE HOMESTEAD FOUNDATION INC
Alternate Name	DINSMORE HOMESTEAD
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	611111934
NTEECC	A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201212
INCOME	154,887
REVENUE	99,069
LAT/LONG	38.997704, -84.818697
CODES	FIPS State Code: 21 FIPS County Code: 015 US Census Tract: 070502 US Census Block: 2001