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Frank Lloyd Wright / Rev. Jesse R. Zeigler House

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 only building of his design erected in Ky. during his lifetime. House was listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Over.

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Rev. Jesse R. Zeigler House
(Frank Lloyd Wright House)


The design for this house came from a chance shipboard meeting in 1910 of Rev. Zeigler of this city with Frank Lloyd Wright, the internationally known architect. The Presbyterian minister had local contractor Scott begin construction that year. This is an example of Wright's “prairie house,” utilizing open floor plans. See over.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

This House

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New York, Wayne County, Palmyra
Built by Pliny Sexton in 1827 was a station of the Underground Railway in the days of slavery.

(Abolition & Underground RR) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grandin Print Shop

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New York, Wayne County, Palmyra
Canal Town 1789 Grandin Print Shop Book of Mormon first published here, 1830

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches, Etc. • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Springing Up

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Maryland, Montgomery County, Silver Spring
At three stories, this was Silver Springs tallest building. Occupying the prime corner lot at 8435 Georgia Avenue was the Masonic Temple, home of the Silver Spring Lodge No. 215 A.F. & A.M. of Maryland. (Ancient and Free Accepted Mason). About three hundred participants attended the June 18, 1927 cornerstone-laying ceremony, during which officials placed within the cornerstone various objects, including a 1927 silver dollar, a Bible, United States and Maryland flags, the roster of Lodge membership, and copies of the Takoma News and Evening Star newspapers.

A Chevrolet and Nash automobile dealership originally occupied the ground floor of the Masonic Temple, while the second floor contained a large dining hall, kitchen, and office. The Lodge's ceremonial hall occupied the top floor.

Sparkling Spring to Community

Welcome to the Silver Spring, Georgia Avenue, one of our two original main streets, was constructed in the 19th century as the Seventh Street Turnpike, a dirt road connecting Washington City to Brookeville, Md. A village named Sligo, was established in the 1830s by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal workers from County Sligo, Ireland, was located at the corner of Georgia and Colesville Road, our other main street. A mica-flecked spring discovered in 1840 by U.S. presidential advisor Francis Preston Blair while riding his horse Selim, inspired the name of Blair's estate Silver Spring, constructed near the spring's site.

Silver Spring's original Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station , built in 1878, formed the nucleus from which today's community radiated. The majority of these early-to-mid century buildings still grace Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road and their many side streets. Explore the area and discover the fascinating history of the pioneering entrepreneurs, businesses, and institutions that developed our vibrant and diverse community.

Learn more about Historic Downtown Silver Spring at www.sshistory.org

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Journey to Wounded Knee

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South Dakota, Pennington County, Interior
Journey to Wounded Knee-December 24, 1890 a bitter Christmas Eve wind rattled the wagon in which Minneconjou Chief Big Foot lay waiting while his people cleared a pass down the Badlands Wall. Several hours of hard work with axes and spades made the disused trail passable. The band of 350 men, women, and children continued their flight from units of the United States Army.

Big Foot was ill, close to death, and disillusioned by the broken promises of Whites and by the lack of unity among Indians. His agony would last only five days. On December 29th, he, nearly 200 of his people, and 30 soldiers would die in the massacre at Wounded Knee, 65 miles to the south.

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frankfort Chosen As Capital

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 (Madison Co.), and Robert Todd (Fayette Co.). A number of communities competed for this honor, but Frankfort won by perseverance and, according to early histories, the offer of Andrew Holmes' log house as capitol for seven years, a number of town lots, £50 worth of locks and hinges, 10 boxes of glass, 1500 pounds of nails, and $3000 in gold.

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Other contenders for the honor of being selected as the permanent seat of Kentucky state government had offered, as was customary, lists of contributions. These hopeful towns were Legerwood's Bend (Mercer County), Delany's Ferry and Petersburg (Woodford County), Louisville, Lexington, Leestown, and Frankfort. After thorough examination of all sites, the commissioners, following a majority vote, met with the legislature in Lexington on December 5, 1792, and gave their recommendation -- that Frankfort was the most suitable site for the state capital. See over.

(Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Capitol

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 as architect. Cornerstone laid 1906. Capitol completed during Gov. A. E. Willson's term. Legislature met Jan.; building dedicated June 1910.

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Building's style is neo-classic, with 70 Ionic monolithic columns. North pediment shows a heroine--Kentucky--with Progress, History, Law, Art, and Labor as attendants. French influence portrayed by dome and rotunda, designed like tomb of Napoleon, and white marble stairs with banisters, copies of those in Paris Opera House. Murals in east and west wings by Gilbert White.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of the Execution of John Brown

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West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town
Site of the execution on Dec. 2, 1859, of John Brown, leader of the raid at Harper’s Ferry.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Melodye Park

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 Frankfort's only public park.
Presented by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

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Its features included fishponds, picnic tables, gardens, 4,000 roses, fountains, restrooms, boat docks, bathhouses, diving boards, and a man-made waterfall. Two Chinese pagodas were used for dancing, concerts, and movies. Music was piped through the park from the elaborate boathouse. The park was destroyed due to flooding in the 1950s.

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Frankfort Barracks

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 oven, and two one-story hospitals.
Presented by Franklin County Trust for Historic Preservation

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The purpose of the barracks was to provide a military presence and the protection of African Americans in the area. The post quartered members of the 4th and later the 16th U.S. Inf. Regiments. The Frankfort Barracks District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Presented by Franklin County Trust for Historic Preservation

(African Americans • Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kentucky's Executive Mansion

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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 Antoinette's villa, the 25-room, limestone mansion and its gardens have been renovated several time.
Dedicated to Margaret Lane in recognition of her work on the history of the Executive Mansion.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Emma Guy Cromwell

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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. Served as dir. of state parks, dir. of archives & state librarian. Over.

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A political pioneer, Cromwell encouraged women to follow her in “blaz[ing] a trail for a new day for women when they can stand side by side with men in governing our great country.” She called Simpson, Allen, and Warren counties “home” but lived her adult life in Frankfort, where she died, July 19,1952.
Presented by the Kentucky Commission on Women.

(Politics) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Paul Sawyier Boyhood Home

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 the river. Of his 3,000 paintings, only 300 have been recovered. Over.

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Home of Sawyier's grandmother, Penelope Wingate. In 1869, Paul's parents, Ellen & Dr. Nathaniel Sawyier, moved here from Ohio. Paul attended local schools and painted in Cincinnati, New York, & Kentucky. He died in New York in 1917 and is buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Over.
Presented by the Jessamine Co. Special Events Committee & Cast of the Paul Sawyier Summer Drama at High Bridge.

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky / William Clark in Frankfort

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 of Osage Indians. Group traveling to Washington to visit Pres. Thos. Jefferson. Over.

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William Clark in Frankfort

William Clark, coleader of 1803-1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition, visited Frankfort many times. On Oct. 29, 1809, he confirmed the death of Mreiwether Lewis and discussed it with Christopher Greenup, Charles Scott, and others while passing through Frankfort on way to Washington.
Presented by the Ohio River Chapter-Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, National Park Service, Ky. Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission, Capital City Museum.

(Exploration • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple Beth El

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Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City


The Missouri American
Jewish Tercentenary Service
commemorating the three
hundredth anniversary of
the first Jewish settlement
in the United States was
held here on September 19, 1954.

Missouri State Capitol
Historic District
Entered on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Bicentennial
1776 - 1976

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Bronnenberg House and Family

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Indiana, Madison County, Anderson


The Bronnenberg House

German immigrant Frederick Bronnenberg arrived in this area with his wife, Barbara, and several children in 1821. While traveling to Illinois, one of the oxen in their team gave out nearby. The Bronnenbergs decided to make their home here, in Madison County.

Twelve children were born to Frederick and Barbara Bronnenberg. Their second eldest son, Frederick Jr., married Hulda Tree in 1840 and began this home, now one of Madison County's oldest dwellings. It is thought that the limestone foundation was quarried from the nearby White River. The bricks were handmade and fired here for the 14-inch thick interior and exterior walls. The woodwork is large tulip tree harvested from the property.

Much of the land near the park's entrance and in the picnic area were once pastures and fields of grain.

This site is included in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Bronnenberg Family
The Bronnenbergs represent true pioneer spirit and a preservationist ethic.

Frederick Brandenburg was born in 1775 in Germany. As a youth he apprenticed as a tanner. Brandenburg immigrated to America as a young man, changing his name to Bronnenberg. He established a tanning business in Pennsylvania where he met and married Barbara Easter in 1806. The Bronnenbergs lived in Virginia and Ohio before reaching Indiana in 1819 with eight children.

A daughter's illness and death led them to postpone their westward journey to Illinois and stop in Indiana. A nearby abandoned fur trapper's cabin became their temporary home.

Frederick Jr. stayed on his father's farm until the mid-1800s when he built this brick home. Tulip poplars from nearby woodlands provided the timbers. Limestone for the foundation was quarried near the White River. Bricks made from local clay were fired at the site. Cedar trees provided the wood for making roof shingles.

The Bronnenbergs stayed at the Mounds, expanding their farm, tannery and mill. A log cabin located on the bend of the White River was constructed. The family expanded as well with the addition of four more children.

The Bronnenberg Family recognized their responsibility to preserve the mounds. They guarded the mounds against artifact hunters. As the result of their vigilance, the mounds remain among the best examples in the state.

"To write the pioneer life of Madison County, Indiana, without mentioning the Bronnenbergs would be like visiting Massachusetts without seeing Boston." Samuel Hardin

(Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Deam Oak

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Indiana, Wells County, near Bluffton
This oak is a cross between the White oak and Chinquapin oak. Discovered in 1904 and named after Mr. Charles C. Deam of Bluffton, Indiana.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

130 Feet South

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Indiana, Williams County, near Clear Lake
130 feet south is the point where Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio meet.

(Political Subdivisions) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hansen Bridge

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Idaho, Twin Falls County, near Hansen
Until 1919, when a high suspension bridge was completed here, this 16-mile long river gorge could be crossed only in a rowboat. With 14 cables, each more than 900 feet long, a $100,000 suspension bridge was wide enough to accommodate two lanes of farm wagons or early cars that had begun to gain popularity then. From it's deck, nearly 400 feet above Snake River, travelers had a spectacular view that still can be seen from it's replacement, built in 1966.

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hiram Lodge No. 4 F. & A.M.

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Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort
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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 April 1893; and dedicated on June 11, 1896.
Presented by Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons - Hiram No. 4

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Past members of Hiram Lodge No. 4 include Richard M. Johnson, U.S. vice president, 1837-41; Amos Kendall, U.S. postmaster general, 1835-40; Colonel John Allen, Grand Master, killed War of 1812; Judge George M. Bibb, Kentucky Court of Appeals, U.S. senator.
Presented by Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons - Hiram No. 4

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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