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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AN_fort-hill-overlooking-the-kentucky-river_Frankfort-KY.html
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 fortif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AM_dry-stone-masonry-in-kentucky_Frankfort-KY.html
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 are mostly bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AK_capt-daniel-weisiger-iii-weisiger-house_Frankfort-KY.html
(side 1)Capt. Daniel Weisiger III1763-1829 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 children, including …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AJ_hiram-lodge-no-4-f-a-m_Frankfort-KY.html
(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 laid Apri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AH_lewis-and-clark-in-kentucky-william-clark-in-frankfort_Frankfort-KY.html
(side 1)Lewis and Clark in KentuckyLewis & 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 of Osage Indians. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AG_paul-sawyier-boyhood-home_Frankfort-KY.html
(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 lived on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AF_emma-guy-cromwell_Frankfort-KY.html
(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 1927. Serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AD_kentuckys-executive-mansion_Frankfort-KY.html
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 Antoi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AC_the-frankfort-barracks_Frankfort-KY.html
(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, baking …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AA_melodye-park_Frankfort-KY.html
(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 Frankfo…
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