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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6A_kentucky-state-university_Frankfort-KY.html
(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 counci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L5N_justice-todd-house_Frankfort-KY.html
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. Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L5M_paul-sawyier-library_Frankfort-KY.html
(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 Old State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3U_liberty-hall-john-brown-1757-1837_Frankfort-KY.html
Liberty HallA National Historic LandmarkThis 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 garden. Gues…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3T_garrard-crittenden-house_Frankfort-KY.html
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 promine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3S_first-presbyterian-church_Frankfort-KY.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3R_crittenden-house-an-eminent-statesman_Frankfort-KY.html
Crittenden HouseThis 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. In Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3Q_morehead-house_Frankfort-KY.html
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 Tob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3P_first-methodist-church_Frankfort-KY.html
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;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3O_macklin-house_Frankfort-KY.html
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 …