State Arsenal

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Painting of the State Arsenal overlooking Frankfort by Paul Sawyier.
Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1490 in Frankfort notes the location of the State Arsenal building, which now serves as the Kentucky Military History Museum. In 1836, a devastating fire and explosion that heavily…