Old State Capitol Annex 1940
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View from the southeast side of the building, with the Old State Capitol is visible in the background. This building housed the offices for the Kentucky Historical Society until the new Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History was built in 1999.
Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Father of the Highway Marker Program
Historical Marker #1420 in Frankfort honors Walter Allerton Wentworth, who was known as the father of the Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program.
A native of New Hampshire, Wentworth was a graduate of Iowa State University and received his…