Beeches (Frankfort, Kentucky)

Beeches
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Off U.S. 421, Frankfort, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°12′46″N84°52′1″W / 38.21278°N 84.86694°W / 38.21278; -84.86694
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	c.1800, 1818
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	79000985 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 9, 1979

Beeches is a brick house in Frankfort, Kentucky whose main block was built in 1818. In 1979, when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was in a great lawn in a park-like setting, in contrast to 20th century encroachments on all sides. ^[2]

It was deemed notable as an outstanding Federal-style structure and as one of just two surviving nineteenth-century buildings along the Leestown Pike in Franklin County, Kentucky. The other building, Glen Willis, one-fourth mile to the southwest, was already listed on the National Register. ^[2]

It has a one-and-a-half-story section that was a c.1800 brick house, and a two-and-a-half-story main block, also in brick. It has later brick and frame additions to the rear and east side. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beeches". National Park Service. with six photos from 1978