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The district encompasses 430 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Frankfort. The district developed between about 1832 and 1952, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture.
Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the farm Roodepoort, and named Frankfurt (after Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany) by Albert van Gordon. [3] The town later received municipality status in 1896. [4]
The sale of this 1,000-car collection was spread over three auction sessions in 1985, 1986 and 1987. The company was sold to ITT in 1981, but the family bought it back in 1986. It was then sold to eBay for $275 million in 1999 [ 3 ] but was purchased back by Dean Kruse in 2002.
Hijacked buildings in South Africa are abandoned or vacant buildings that have been illegally occupied by individuals or groups, often criminal syndicates. The phenomenon is particularly common in Johannesburg and Durban , where there are an estimated 200 large hijacked buildings and 250 private dwellings. [ 1 ]
Other notable buildings include the Harker Building (1890), Frankfort Municipal Building (1916), Coca-Cola building (mid-1920s), Ross Building (1897), Keys Building (1899), and K. F. & W Traction Station (early 1920s). [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
The new town was named Frankfort at the brothers' request and honors their German great-grandparents' home of Frankfurt am Main. [5] The town of Frankfort was laid off on the 60-acre (240,000 m 2) tract by William Douglass, the county agent, and the plat filed on June 8, 1830. The original plat consisted of 64 lots in eight blocks surrounding a ...
The school currently offers a ten-day auction training class three times a year in their Auburn, Indiana location at Kruse Plaza. The Reppert School of Auctioneering has had graduates from every state in the United States, as well as multiple foreign countries, and is the nation's longest continually operated auction school, with classes every ...
The Central Frankfort Historic District in Frankfort, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] The district includes 401 resources (buildings, structures, objects, sites) on 126 acres (51 ha). [2] It is roughly bounded by East and West 2nd St., Logan St., the Kentucky River, High St., and Mero St. [1] [2]