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the Capitol Dome of the Kentucky State Capitol building located in Frankfort, Kentucky; photographed at dusk looking south-east. The main part of the Capitol has three floors. The first floor contains the offices of the governor (and his or her staff), lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general.
2 — Swearing-in Ceremony at the Kentucky Capitol 6 — The Grand March at the Capitol Rotunda 7 to 11 p.m. — Inaugural Ball at the Capitol Grounds (ticketed event not open to the public)
Included in the district are buildings on both sides of the Kentucky River. These include: Old State Capitol, designed by Gideon Shryock [2] Frankfort City Hall [2] Franklin County Courthouse, St. Clair Street, designed by Gideon Shryock [2] Hampton-Williams House (1845), 101 West Main Street, built of stone in a pattern like Flemish bond ...
Frankfort grew considerably with state government in the 1960s. A modern addition to the State Office Building was completed in 1967. The original building was completed in the 1930s on the location of the former Kentucky State Penitentiary. Some of the stone from the old prison was used for the walls surrounding the office building. [25]
The Kentucky legislature voted for its construction in 1827. The building was designed in the Greek Revival style by Gideon Shryock, an early Lexington, Kentucky architect. The Old State Capitol was his first building and he was only twenty-five years old. Shryock chose the Greek Revival style to symbolically link Kentucky, a young republic ...
The Kentucky Capitol is seen, April 7, 2021, in Frankfort, Ky. Kentucky Democrats took their legal fight to the state's highest court on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in challenging Republican-drawn ...
OpEd: Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful words pierced the souls of the 10,000 peaceful protesters who marched to the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol 60 years ago.
The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. The General Assembly meets annually in the state capitol building in Frankfort, convening on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January ...