The grounds of Forest Retreat include the Metcalfe family burial plot.

Interred at this plot are Thomas Metcalfe (1780–1855) and various of his relatives, and 1954 Kentucky Derby-winning horse, Determine.

Thomas Metcalfe was a stonemason and later 10th Governor of Kentucky, and he contributed to the building of this house then later retired to here.

Later his son used it as a working farm and he had a horse, Determine, win the 1954 Kentucky Derby.

This article about a property in Nicholas County, Kentucky on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.