Useful information
- Phone : +1 502-564-1792
- Website: : http://history.ky.gov
Description
This small gem of a building was designed by Kentucky's foremost antebellum architect, Gideon Shryock. Then relatively unknown, Shryock soon became famous for his flawless Greek Revival creation in Frankfort. Constructed in 1830, the building mimics the Greek Temple of Minerva with the addition of a cupola. Inside, the rotunda features rust-colored floors crafted from Kentucky river-bottom marble, and intricate plaster ceiling moldings. A freestanding spiral staircase leads from the rotunda to the second-floor legislative chambers, preserved as they were in the 1850s with several original desks.
Localisation
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Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide1.3 km - 100 W Broadway St, Frankfort 40601
- The Green Guide1.45 km - E. Main St. 215, Frankfort 40601
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Where to sleepnearby
- From US$99Capital Plaza Hotel1.75 km - 405 Wilkinson Boulevard, Frankfort KY 40601
- From US$64Days Inn by Wyndham Frankfort2.04 km - 1051 US 127 South, Frankfort KY 40601
- From US$92Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Frankfort, an IHG Hotel3.04 km - 1000 Vandalay Drive, Frankfort KY 40601
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