Village of Frankfort history

In 1849, Frankfort achieved the status of city, thanks to the General Assembly, and in 1850 the city annexed South Frankfort. It grew to 1,099 by 1810, and by the eve of the Civil War Frankfort had grown to 3,702.

The first statehouse was built by 1794, but it burned in 1813.

The city’s historic buildings include the Old Capitol (1827–30), Liberty Hall (c.

Finally, what is now known as the "Old Capitol" was designed by Gideon Shryock and finished in 1830; it would remain the state's capitol building for the next 80 years.

1796), and the Orlando Brown House (1835). The graves of pioneer Daniel Boone and his wife, Rebecca, are in the Frankfort Cemetery.

First Store & Post Office 1836.

Returning in 1844, Green founded a New York paper, The Republic, which advocated free trade, road construction and other internal improvements, civil service reform, and Western expansion.

In 1855, workers for the Michigan Central Railroad laid track through Frankfort Township, linking the growing city of Joliet and the agricultural communities along Hickory Creek with the railroad's main line in Indiana.

First Churches Built in 1856 located at Hickory and Nebraska Street, the Methodist Episcopal Church was the first church.

In 1862, Confederate troops invaded part of Kentucky, taking first Richmond, and then Lexington, and then Frankfort.

Two other early places of worship were the Baptist Church (first pastor David Letts) and the St Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1863.

To bolster the city's defenses, two forts were built atop Fort Hill on Frankfort's north side; they were instrumental when, in 1864, John Hunt Morgan attempted unsuccessfully to retake the capital city.

St Peter’s United Church of Christ began to serve the community in 1867.

15, 1791, near Frankfort, Ky., Virginia Colony—died June 10, 1875, Dalton, Ga.), United States political journalist, and an influential member of Pres.

D.W. Hunter built the second grain elevator in 1878.

G.A. Weinman was the first Village Clerk in 1879.

First Fire Departments & Department Chief The Frankfort Fire Department formed in 1884.

In 1887, the completion of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad (Chicago Outer Belt Line), which ran through the south side of the village, tied Frankfort directly into Chicago's vast rail network.

First Water Tower The first water tower was built in 1895.

The most notable assassination was the shooting on January 30, 1900, of William Goebel, Democratic candidate for governor following a fraud-filled gubernatorial election that the state legislature decided (along party lines) in Goebel's favor.

In 1905, after the Kentucky legislature had appropriated funding to build a new capitol, the public square where the Old Capitol is located was deemed too small, and a site in South Frankfort was purchased.

The State Capitol (1910) is crowned by a dome 212 feet (65 metres) high.

First Electricity The Public Service Company began supplying electricity to residents in 1913.

Chicago Bridge and Iron built a 100,000 gallon water tower in 1916.

The automobile also spurred growth in business and recreational travel, one consequence of which was the construction of the new Capital Hotel, on the site of the previous hotel, which had burned in 1917.

None of the city's banks failed, and the repeal of prohibition in 1933 and the subsequent reopening of distilleries in Frankfort and Franklin County gave the local economy a boost.

The city was flooded in 1937 and suffered widespread damage.

A cement grain elevator is built then burns in 1946.

Despite Frankfort's rail ties to the expanding metropolis of Chicago, the village remained a small community, surrounded by farms, with fewer than 700 residents in 1950.

The first suburban shopping center was open by 1960, and three centers had opened by the end of the decade: two on the east side of town and one on the west.

In 1965, the Frankfort Fire Protection District moved from the Village Hall into their current building on Nebraska Street.

The Fire Department added a second station in 1975 in Frankfort Square.

In 1985, the Grainery burns.

The Grainery Mall is built in 1987.

Newer attractions include the Kentucky History Center (1999) and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where a sundial casts a shadow on the name of each veteran on the date of his death.

Frankfort is a village in Herkimer County, New York, USA. The population was 2,537 at the 2000 census.