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Kentucky State Capitol grounds, Frankfort, KY
Kentucky State Capitol grounds, Frankfort, KY

**Kentucky State Capitol** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 73000804, date listed 4/13/1973

Capitol grounds at end of Capital Ave.

Frankfort, KY (Franklin County)

Kentucky's magnificent Capitol is surrounded by an architectural stone terrace. The face-work of the three story building is constructed of Oolitic limestone from Bedford, Indiana, and has a Vermont granite base. The outer walls are ornamented with 70 Ionic columns of Bedford stone.

Much French influence is found in the building. The rotunda and interior of the dome, and the lantern and dome exterior, were copied from the Hotel des Invalides over Napoleon's Tomb in Paris. Stairways, banisters, and balustards are patterned aftert hose in the Opera of Paris. The State Reception Room is a rep-lica of Marie Antionette's drawing room in the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles.

Plans for construction of Kentucky’s Capitol were begun when it was determined that Kentucky would receive at least one million dollars from the federal government for claims stemming from the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. The 1904 General Assem-bly, at the request of Governor J.C.W. Beckham, appropriated a like amount and appointed a Capitol Building Commission.

A special session of the General Assembly, in February, 1905, selected a thirty-four acre site, 599 feet above sea level, in south Frankfort, and appropriated $40,000 for its purchase. Ground was broken and excavation begun, May 25, 1905. The ori-ginal completion date was set for 1907, but unavoidable delays resulted and it was two years later, December 1909, before the various departments of state government could move into the offices. (1)

References (1) NRHP Nomination Form catalog.archives.gov/id/123850117

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Kentucky State Capitol grounds, Frankfort, KY

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