Frankfort Cemetery and Chapel

215 E. Main St., Frankfort, Kentucky. County/parish: Franklin.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 12, 1974. NRIS 74000872.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Frankfort Cemetery

The Frankfort Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located on East Main Street in Frankfort, Kentucky. The cemetery is the burial site of Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman, and contains the graves of other famous Americans including seventeen Kentucky governors and a Vice President of the United States.

The cemetery is built on a bluff overlooking the Kentucky River with views of the Kentucky State Capitol, the Kentucky Governor's Mansion, downtown Frankfort, south Frankfort, and the Capitol District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123850092

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