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The Reverend Jesse R. Zeigler Residence is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Zeigler house is the only Frank Lloyd Wright structure built in Kentucky during the lifetime of the famous architect. The design came from a chance meeting between Zeigler and Wright while both were traveling to Europe in late October 1909.
Thus, the decision was made to construct a larger orphan's home than the original in Louisville, to the present-day location in Louisville/St. Matthews on Frankfort Avenue, at the cost of $9,400,000. Construction began in 1925 on the 176-acre (0.71 km 2 ) location, and the residents moved to it on August 15, 1927.
Development first began during the 1850s when the Louisville and Lexington turnpike (now Frankfort Avenue) and the Louisville and Frankfort railroad were built through the area. In 1853 a 38-acre (150,000 m 2 ) fair grounds were built and were used to host the Agriculture and Technology fair, which had 20,000 visitors on one day in 1857.
The landscaping design for the mansion was developed and implemented by William Speed [5] of Louisville. In 1980, Kentucky's First Lady, Phyllis George Brown, began a fundraising effort called Save the Mansion, designed to fund the restoration of the interior and furnish the building. The restoration project was completed in the spring of 1983.
US 68 west / KY 80 west (Kentucky Street) to I-65 south: South end of US 68 / KY 80 overlap: KY 3225 south (Old Louisville Road) Eastern terminus of KY 3225: KY 1402 east (Porter Pike) to Plum Springs Loop / KY 957: Western terminus of KY 1402: To I-65 (via KY 446 east) – Louisville, Nashville, Corvette Museum: Interchange; western terminus ...
Liberty Hall is located west of downtown Frankfort, at the southwest corner of Wilkinson and West Main Streets, overlooking the Kentucky River.It is a two-story five-bay brick house whose main section is 60 by 46 feet (18 m × 14 m) in plan; it has a two-story rear ell which is 24.3 by 43.6 feet (7.4 m × 13.3 m) in plan.
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