By Killian Baarlaer For three generations throughout the 20th century, Juanita White’s family attended different schools on the grounds that would eventually become the home of Simmons College of Kentucky — unaware, like many in the city, of its ties to one of Louisville’s most famous families. But in 2007, White, a historian and lifelong Louisville resident, made a shocking discovery alongside her late cousin, LaVerne Dunning: those same grounds had once belonged to Samuel Churchill, the same man whose family name is etched on Churchill Downs, and his former mansion on the property had served as the home of Kentucky’s
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