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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Franklin County, Kentucky
Adjacent to Franklin County, Kentucky
▶ Anderson County (6) ▶ Henry County (6) ▶ Owen County (4) ▶ Scott County (24) ▶ Shelby County (16) ▶ Woodford County (19)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Capital Avenue Loop east of Shelby Street (Kentucky Route 2259), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Near here on Nov. 2, 1864 four innocent Confederate prisoners were executed in reprisal for the murder of Union supporter, Robert Graham of Peaks Mill, Franklin Co. All Kentuckians: Elijah Horton of Carter, Thomas Hunt and John Long of Mason, . . . — — Map (db m62244) HM |
| On West Broadway Street east of Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (Side A) This noted journalist-politician lived here. A Massachusetts native, he migrated to Kentucky in 1814 and spent one year with the family of Henry Clay as tutor. From 1816-28, Kendall resided in Frankfort as editor of the Argus of . . . — — Map (db m85179) HM |
| On Wapping Street west of Petticoat Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site of first house lived in on street, 1786, by John Instone, who came here from England to build boats for General Wilkinson. Wapping Street named by Instone for one of that name in London. John B. Bibb, Lieutenant, War of 1812, represented Logan . . . — — Map (db m85136) HM |
| On Leestown Road (U.S. 421) at Hogan Drive, on the right when traveling east on Leestown Road. |
| | Buena Vista
One-half mile south is the site of two-story frame house best known as the summer residence of Robert S. Todd (1791-1849), father of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. The large family took refuge here from the heat and cholera of . . . — — Map (db m84253) HM |
| | On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun Jr., Samuel Adams and Hancock Taylor following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point, and made the first survey upon it.
Here . . . — — Map (db m22150) HM |
| | In the early days of whiskey production, a tax was levied on the product as soon as it left the still. Knowing that bourbon improved through aging, distilleries convinced the government that the tax should not fall due until the maturation process . . . — — Map (db m22394) HM |
| Near Wilkinson Boulevard north of U.S. 421. |
| | Built in 1881, this graceful whiskey aging warehouse is a fine example of “Rick Construction”. The basic structure is built of massive wooden beams which bear the entire weight of the 24,000 barrels residing herein.
The foundation . . . — — Map (db m22267) HM |
| On Ann Street (Kentucky Route 420) at West Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Ann Street. |
| | (side 1)
Capt. Daniel Weisiger III
1763-1829
Early Frankfort merchant, farmer, county clerk, city trustee, first postmaster, and host of Weisiger House. 1st Master of Hiram Masonic Lodge. He married Lucy Price and fathered 10 . . . — — Map (db m62262) HM |
| Near Clinton Street (Kentucky Route 420) at St Clair Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Kentucky State Government moved to Louisville before CSA entered Lexington Sept. 2, 1862. Confederate cavalry moved through Sept. 3 on way toward Louisville.
Richard Hawes was inaugurated second Confederate Governor October 4. Generals . . . — — Map (db m123824) HM |
| On Wapping Street at Washington Street on Wapping Street. |
| | Homes of Thomas S. Todd, John M. Harlan, George M. Bibb, John J. Crittenden, John Brown, James Brown, Thomas Metcalfe, Robert P. Letcher, George C. Vest, Benjamin G. Brown, James Harlan, Charles S. Morehead, Thomas S. Crittenden, John C. Watson, . . . — — Map (db m97496) HM |
| On West Main Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Crittenden House This building, before west portion was added, was home of John J. Crittenden, 1819 until death 1863. Built in 1800 by Doctor Joseph Scott on land once owned by Aaron Burr. In May, 1837, Daniel Webster and family visited here. . . . — — Map (db m84399) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 60, 460) at Glenns Creek Road on East Main Street. |
| | Daniel Boone - Pioneer
Born, Pa., 1734. Died, Mo., 1820. Married Rebecca Boone, 1756, N.C. First trip to Kentucky, 1767. Set up Ft. Boonesborough, 1775, blazed Wilderness Trail and settled. Frontiersman, surveyor, settler, legislator and . . . — — Map (db m9754) HM |
| Near East Main (U.S. 460 / 6) near Glenn's Creek Road. |
| | Born 1734; died 1820. Entered Eastern Kentucky, 1767; explored Bluegrass Region, 1769-71; guided Transylvania Company, blazed Wilderness Trail, built Fort Boonesborough in 1775; directed defense of the fort, 1778; emigrated to Missouri, 1799; . . . — — Map (db m9728) HM |
| Near Wilkinson Boulevard (Route 421) north of West Plaza Connector Road (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling south. |
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Dry stone masonry is an ancient building tradition and occurs wherever rock is available and the craft tradition is known. Kentucky rock fences are a distinct style of folk architecture, locally called “rock fences” even though they . . . — — Map (db m62264) HM |
| On West Second Street (U.S. 60) at Ewing Street, on the left when traveling west on West Second Street. |
| | Early Families Here Owners whose families lived in the original house here - J.W. Denny, State Attorney General; Thomas Loughborough and son Judge Preston Loughborough, Chief U.S. Postal Inspector; Sally S. Jouett, widow of Colonel William R. . . . — — Map (db m84217) HM |
| On Broadway Street at Elk Alley on Broadway Street. |
| | Early transportation tunnel in Kentucky. It was hand bored by Lexington and Frankfort Railroad in 1849. First passenger train went through on February 23, 1850. Replaced incline, built 1835 just east of here, previously used by railroad to enter . . . — — Map (db m9817) HM |
| On Washington Street south of West Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Summer home of Emily Thomas Tubman, philanthropist and emancipator. Born in Virginia in 1794, she was reared in Kentucky as ward of Henry Clay. She married Georgia merchant Richard Tubman in 1818. A widow after 1836, she gave to many Kentucky . . . — — Map (db m85105) HM |
| On West State Street west of Capital Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (side 1)
The first woman in Kentucky elected to statewide office, Cromwell was elected sec. of state in 1923. She held many political positions during a long career. Chosen state librarian in 1896 by legislature; was elected treasurer in . . . — — Map (db m62257) HM |
| On Lewis Street south of Clinton Street (Kentucky Route 420), on the left when traveling north. |
| | After a full career of distinguished public service, W. A. Wentworth directed rapid expansion of Ky. Historical Highway Marker Program as Chairman, 1962 until his death, 1971. Born New Hampshire, 1888. Public Relations executive with Borden Co., . . . — — Map (db m123823) HM |
| On High Street at Clinton Street, on the left when traveling north on High Street. |
| | Organized in 1833, issuing from an integrated worship, this church was established by John Ward and Ziah Black. Ward donated first lot. Members worshipped in private homes before occupying the first structure. Construction for present church began, . . . — — Map (db m35849) HM |
| On Ann Street (Kentucky Route 420) south of West Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Organized Dec. 2, 1832, by noted minister and educator Philip S. Fall, aided by John T. Johnson. Services held at various locations until 1842 when church erected on this site. Alex. Campbell preached here. Church burned , 1870; Emily T. Tubman gave . . . — — Map (db m62246) HM |
| On Washington Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Organized by Reverend William Holman in 1821. First Methodist Conference in Kentucky, 1790, made Frankfort, then a frontier station, part of the Lexington Circuit. The first small church built on Ann Street. Present site of church purchased, 1856; . . . — — Map (db m84401) HM |
| On West Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Organized 1815, Presbyterians built first denominational church in city, 1824, on north side of Wapping, near St. Clair. This was outgrowth of Sunday School, begun in 1810 by Margaretta Brown. In 1849, the present modified Gothic church was built . . . — — Map (db m84394) HM |
| Near Wilkinson Boulevard (U.S. 421) north of West Plaza Connector Road (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Once known as Blanton’s Hill after the family that owned the property, the hill that overlooks the Kentucky River and downtown Frankfort from the north has been called Fort Hill at least since the Civil War. There may have been a small, log . . . — — Map (db m62265) HM |
| On Shelby Street (Kentucky Route 2259) south of West Campbell Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (side 1)
Frank Lloyd Wright
(1869-1959)
Famous primarily as a residence architect, Wright also planned many impressive public structures, including the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and Guggenheim Museum in New York City. This is the . . . — — Map (db m62247) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Glenns Creek Road, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Site surveyed July 16, 1773. Founded by General James Wilkinson. Chartered by Virginia Legislature Oct., 1786. Chosen Capital of Kentucky December 1792 — — Map (db m9815) HM |
| Near Louisville Road (U.S. 60) 0.3 miles north of Lafayette Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site surveyed July 16, 1773. Founded by General James Wilkinson. Chartered by Virginia Legislature Oct., 1786. Chosen Capital of Kentucky December 1792. — — Map (db m62242) HM |
| On St. Clair Street south of Wapping Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Frankfort Bridge Site In 1810, the Frankfort Bridge Company was chartered to erect a bridge at this site. The bridge was completed here in 1816 at a cost of $25,000.00. In July, 1834 the bridge collapsed. A replacement bridge collapsed in . . . — — Map (db m84879) HM |
| On Capital Avenue at West Todd Street, on the right when traveling south on Capital Avenue. |
| | (side 1)
After Kentucky became a state, five commissioners were appointed on June 20, 1792, to choose a location for the state capital. They were John Allen and John Edwards (both from Bourbon Co.), Henry Lee (Mason Co.), Thomas Kennedy . . . — — Map (db m62249) HM |
| On Cold Harbor Drive at Glenns Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on Cold Harbor Drive. |
| | Front In 1860, Governor Magoffin signed a bill establishing the Kentucky Institution for the Education and Training of Feeble-Minded Children. In the 1940s, the name changed to the Kentucky Training Home. Adults were admitted and housed with . . . — — Map (db m84220) HM |
| Near Broadway Street at Elk Alley, in the median. |
| | Built by Louisville & Nashville R.R., 1908, to replace depot located here by Lexington & Frankfort R.R. in 1850s. Present station was used by Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville, Frankfort & Cincinnati,and Kentucky Highlands. The last . . . — — Map (db m9819) HM |
| On U.S. 127 south of Frazer Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Side A Kentucky River Mills began making hemp yarns for backs of Brussels carpets in 1878, and started producing binder twine in 1879. Finest quality imported machinery used. Employed 125 persons year round. In 1941, received contract from . . . — — Map (db m22152) HM |
| Near Louisville Road (U.S. 60) 0.3 miles north of Lafayette Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Taken from portions of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby counties. Ky. had become a state 3 years earlier, with Frankfort as capital, 1792. First meeting of the legislature's second session met here, 1793. Frankfort made county seat, 1795. Named for . . . — — Map (db m62243) HM |
| Near Wilkinson Boulevard (U.S. 421) north of West Plaza Connector Road (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Frankfort takes its name-many people believe-from an episode that took place near here during the frontier era. A group of explorers camping near the mouth of Benson Creek was attacked by Indians. One member of the group, Stephen Frank, was killed. . . . — — Map (db m62266) HM |
| On Wapping Street at Wilkinson Street, on the left when traveling west on Wapping Street. |
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This Georgian home was built by Graham Vreeland in 1913. He was founder, publisher, and editor of the Frankfort News, which later became the State Journal. The architect was D. X. Murphy, who designed the grandstand and twin spires . . . — — Map (db m84461) HM |
| On Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This early 19th century house is architecturally notable because of brick and log construction. It has series of timbers filled in with brick and mortar and covered with clapboard, a technique uncommon to central Kentucky. Owned by several prominent . . . — — Map (db m84389) HM |
| On Wilkinson Blvd south of Frazer Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Willis A. Lee, Jr., built a double two-story log house here in 1793. Tract of land on which the house stood was given to Lee by his uncle, Hancock Lee, founder of Leestown, the first settlement in Franklin County. In 1815 Lee erected a story and a . . . — — Map (db m22126) HM |
| Near Wilkinson Boulevard (U.S. 421) north of West Plaza Connector Road (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Capitol Plaza complex, a twenty-two-acre government, business, and civic mall adjacent to the Kentucky River covers an area of North Frankfort once referred to as the “Craw” or the “Bottom.” Following the Civil War an . . . — — Map (db m62271) HM |
| | Front An active Catholic presence was established in Frankfort in 1808 with with Reverend Angier as priest. In 1820s mass was offered at house on Broadway, opposite Capitol. In 1835 worship held in house near railroad tunnel; in 1837 Bishop . . . — — Map (db m97498) HM |
| On West Broadway Street at Catfish Alley, on the right when traveling west on West Broadway Street. |
| | A youthful Rev. War. soldier from Va., Madison was appointed auditor of Ky. public accounts by Governor Shelby; served some 20 years. His heroic service in the War of 1812 helped propel him to governorship, 1816; died shortly after taking office. . . . — — Map (db m123822) HM |
| On West Broadway Street at St. Clair Street, on the right when traveling west on West Broadway Street. |
| | (panel 1)
Governor William Goebel
The able and most effective advocate
and champion of the peoples cause
their loved and loyal friend.
On January 30th, 1900, he was shot
down by an assassin from the private
office of the . . . — — Map (db m123826) HM |
| Near Great Buffalo Trace (U.S. 60). |
| | On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun, Jr., Samuel Adams, and Hancock Taylor, following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone Lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point and made the first survey upon it. Here in . . . — — Map (db m55725) HM |
| On Ann Street (Kentucky Route 420) north of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (side 1)
Chartered on December 11, 1799, by Virginia, as Hiram Lodge No. 57. It was renamed Hiram Lodge No. 4 on September 8, 1800, when the Grand Lodge of Kentucky was formed. The Ann Street lot was purchased on May 20, 1892; cornerstone . . . — — Map (db m62261) HM |
| | John Hampton House
Earliest surviving stone house in city. Built before 1840, it is constructed of patterned river limestone with jack arches over windows and doors. The builder, John Hampton, was a tavern owner and operator in the county by . . . — — Map (db m35603) HM |
| On Wapping Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on Wapping Street. |
| | Home of Thomas Todd, built 1812. Clerk, the 10 Danville conventions leading to Kentucky statehood. Court of Appeals, 1801-06. Its chief justice, 1806-07. Justice on the United States Supreme Court, 1807-26. Born in Virginia, 1765. Died in 1826. His . . . — — Map (db m84431) HM |
| On Green Hill Cemetery Road 0.1 miles east of Atwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (North face) Erected by Woman's Relief Corps No. 8 G.A.R. July 1924 Monument Commission E.T. Strauss, President N.C. Coleman, Secretary L.C. Redding Mary L. Brooks Clara C. McWilliams Susan Butcher M.B. McCary Sallie Handy Kate Richardson . . . — — Map (db m84704) WM |
| On University Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Front) School was chartered 1886; opened 1887 with three teachers and 55 students. The first state-supported institution of higher education for blacks, school gained funds from legislature for building and teachers, and from Frankfort city . . . — — Map (db m84462) HM |
| On Capital Avenue Loop south of East State Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | State's second governor's residence. Governor James B. McCreary, chair of the Sinking Fund Commission, guided the two-year (1912-14), $95,000 construction project. On the National Register of Historic Places—1972. Patterned after Marie . . . — — Map (db m62255) HM |
| Near East Main Street (U.S. 60) at Glenns Creek Road. |
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In 1847 the Kentucky Legislature appointed a committee to select an appropriate location for a military cemetery and burial place for distinguished Kentuckians. The Frankfort Cemetery was found to be “remarkable for its commanding situation . . . — — Map (db m123860) HM |
| On Green Hill Cemetery Road 0.1 miles east of Atwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Officially, 23,703 African Americans in Kentucky responded to the call to arms by President Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to join the ranks of the newly organized United States Colored Troops. Units were organized with men from across the . . . — — Map (db m84675) HM |
| On U.S. 421 at Fair Oaks Lane (a.k.a. : Great Buffalo Trace), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 421. |
| | Side A In 1773 McAfee Company and Hancock Taylor came here and surveyed area, an early pioneer stopping place. By 1775 Leestown settled and named by Hancock and Willis Lee; established by Va. Assembly, 1776. Temporarily abandoned in 1777 . . . — — Map (db m22153) HM |
| On St. Clair Street north of West Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (marker side 1)
Ky. newspapers were a major means of reporting news regarding the 1803-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean. Of special importance were the Frankfort papers The Palladium and The Western . . . — — Map (db m123855) HM |
| On Ann Street (Kentucky Route 420) south of West Broadway Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | (side 1)
Lewis and Clark in Kentucky
Lewis & Sheheke
Meriwether Lewis, coleader of the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition, was in Frankfort from Nov. 13-15, 1806. Party included Mandan Chief Sheheke and family and delegation . . . — — Map (db m62259) HM |
| On Leestown Road (U.S. 421) 0.3 miles east of Versailles Road (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site of the first railroad west of the Alleghenies. Built 1833-1834. Flat iron rails were pinned to quarried limestone blocks. The twenty-three mile run between Lexington & Frankfort required four hours. — — Map (db m84254) HM |
| On Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Liberty Hall A National Historic Landmark This Georgian mansion was begun 1796, by John Brown and named for Lexington, Virginia academy he attended. His wife Margaretta and Elizabeth Love began first Sunday School west of Alleghenies in . . . — — Map (db m84387) HM |
| Near Wilkinson Boulevard (U.S. 421) north of West Plaza Connector Road (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Kentucky River Lock and Dam Four are about half a mile north of Kentucky River View Park. They are part of a system of fourteen locks and dams built on the river between the 1830s and 1917. Both state and federal governments contributed to the . . . — — Map (db m62267) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 60, 460). |
| | First American to raise U.S. flag on foreign soil at Battle of Derne on shores of Tripoli, April 27, 1805. Led attack that overcame Barbary Coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom. O'Bannon came to Logan County in 1807. Served . . . — — Map (db m9753) HM |
| On Washington Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This townhouse, built circa 1850, became home of George B. Macklin, prominent land owner and coal dealer. He came in 1867 from Forks of Elkhorn area. His coal yard near Louisville and Nashville Railroad yard bridge. Two-story brick carriage house at . . . — — Map (db m84402) HM |
| On Old Lawrenceburg Road (Kentucky Route 420) at East Todd Street, on the left when traveling south on Old Lawrenceburg Road. |
| | (side 1)
Louis Horwitz, a Frankfort resident for forty years, bought land on the Kentucky River in 1935 where he built an extensive park named after his daughter. The nine-acre park was always open to visitors at no charge. For years it was . . . — — Map (db m62252) HM |
| On West Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built by Mark Hardin, Registrar, Kentucky Land Office, in 1810. Before Civil War, home of six prominent Kentuckians; among whom were John Harvie, President, Bank of Kentucky, and, for 13 years, Charles S. Morehead, Governor (1855-59). Lawrence Tobin . . . — — Map (db m84400) HM |
| On Capital Avenue at East Todd Street, on the right when traveling north on Capital Avenue. |
| | (side 1)
Gov. J. C. W. Beckham promoted construction of New Capitol due to overcrowding and disrepair in Old Capitol. Federal funds for Civil and Spanish-American War claims paid half of $1,820,000 cost. In 1904, Frank M. Andrews selected . . . — — Map (db m62251) HM |
| On Clinton Street (Kentucky Route 420) at St. Clair Street, on the right when traveling east on Clinton Street. |
| | Kentucky's third capitol on this site was built in 1827-29 of Kentucky River marble. The two previous capitols were destroyed by fire. Gideon Shryock of Lexington, one of the state's most distinguished architects, designed the building which . . . — — Map (db m100990) HM |
| On West Broadway Street near High Street (Kentucky Route 420), on the right when traveling west. |
| | (side 1)
Boyhood home of Paul Sawyier, famous landscape watercolorist & portrait painter. He perfected atmospheric techniques painting Frankfort, Elkhorn Creek, & Ky. River. Also painted High Bridge & Camp Nelson in Jessamine Co., where he . . . — — Map (db m62258) HM |
| On Wapping Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on Wapping Street. |
| | (Front) Lilian Lindsey, who lived in the Vest-Lindsey House, founded the Frankfort Public Library. It opened on December 12, 1908, in the McClure Building, and was managed by the Frankfort Woman's Club until 1965. The library moved to the . . . — — Map (db m84432) HM |
| On East 2nd Street just east of Capital Avenue (Kentucky Route 420), on the left when traveling east. |
| | (Front)
In 1919, friends Ruth Hanly and Rebecca Gooch left teaching to found Rebecca-Ruth Candy. Operating out of the barroom of the Frankfort Hotel, closed due to Prohibition, the two were successful entrepreneurs before women gained . . . — — Map (db m84206) HM |
| On Wapping Street at Wilkinson Street, on the left when traveling west on Wapping Street. |
| | First meeting of the Legislature, after Frankfort made capital, held here, 1793, when owned by Andrew Holmes. Built about 1786 by General James Wilkinson. Purchased in 1797 by Major Thomas Love and wife. It was for years an inn and center of . . . — — Map (db m85204) HM |
| On East Second Street 0.1 miles east of Capital Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Women's Club Hospital Company, with community support, established a hospital here on December 26, 1915. It was named for Winnie A. Scott, a local teacher instrumental in its founding. The facility was the only Frankfort hospital serving African . . . — — Map (db m84259) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 60) at East Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | Erected 1850 to replace Arsenal, on Old State House grounds, that burned in 1836. It was seized by Confederates in Sept., 1862, but recaptured by Union in Oct. Scene of a second skirmish, 1864. Fire destroyed building, 1933, but outer walls remained . . . — — Map (db m62245) HM |
| On Washington Street south of West Broadway Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | (side 1)
In January 1836 the first Bishop of Kentucky, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, received from the Church of Ascension on Canal Street in New York City, a "gift or loan" to found an Episcopal Church in Frankfort. The present . . . — — Map (db m95983) HM |
| On Shelby Street (Kentucky Route 2259) at New Street, on the left when traveling north on Shelby Street. |
| | (side 1)
The barracks, established in April 1871, and the command moved here in December of that year. Buildings were erected on Alexander Goldsmith Brawner's five acres known as Coleman's Spring lot. Post consisted of barracks, guardhouse, . . . — — Map (db m62254) HM |
| On High Street at Clinton Street, on the left when traveling north on High Street. |
| | Home of thirty-three Governors during their terms of office and scene of elaborate political and social functions, 1797 to 1914. Thomas Metcalfe, who laid the stone foundation in 1797, later occupied the mansion as the tenth Kentucky Governor, . . . — — Map (db m35850) HM |
| On U.S. 127 0.1 miles north of Keaton Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The earliest Presbyterian Church in Franklin County was built in 1795 on a site one mile to the east; Organized by Thomas Paxton and located on land owned by him. Services held in it until 1848. Reverend Samuel Shannon was its first Minister. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m84845) HM |
| On Wapping Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on Wapping Street. |
| | Erected before 1820, this house is linked to several prominent men. It was childhood home of George Graham Vest, a famous orator, debater, and three-term senator from Missouri; member CSA Congress 3 years. Also home of Daniel W. Lindsey, who, during . . . — — Map (db m84460) HM |
| Near Clinton Street (Kentucky Route 420) at St Clair Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (marker side 1)
Veterans of American Revolution Elected
Governor of Kentucky
Isaac Shelby, 1792-96, 1812-16; Col., Va. Militia
James Garrard, 1796-1800, 1800-04; Col., Va. Militia
Christopher Greenup, . . . — — Map (db m123825) HM |
| Near Louisville Road (U.S. 60) 0.3 miles north of Lafayette Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (panel A)
Welcome
to
Kentucky's Capitol
The Kentucky Capitol Building
and
Capital
Frankfort - Kentucky's Capital City
(panel B)
Welcome to Kentucky's Capitol
Construction of the Capitol began in . . . — — Map (db m62274) HM |
| On Jones Lane (Route 1262) (County Route 1262 at milepost 3), 1 mile south of Switzer Road (County Route 1689), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Franklin County's only covered bridge spans North Elkhorn Creek and is 120 ft. long and 11 ft. wide. It was built by George Hockensmith circa 1855. each entrance has a sawtooth edge; the lattice is pinned with trunnels (treenasil). Restored in 1906 . . . — — Map (db m11614) HM |
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