Frankfort's Capital-City Architecture
Frankfort became Kentucky's permanent state capital in 1792, chosen as a compromise between the rival cities of Louisville and Lexington, and the city grew from there in a tight bend of the Kentucky River that has shaped its street grid and building lines ever since. Government-era construction downtown sits alongside residential blocks in the historic South Frankfort neighborhood, giving the city a wider range of exterior wall ages and materials than a typical Bluegrass town its size.
From State-Capital Core to Newer Subdivisions
Homes near that older capital-era core tend to carry original wood siding, trim, and masonry detail that has had well over a century to weather, while newer subdivisions pulled in by state-government employment use more recent siding materials and construction methods.
Project Paths
A Siding Plan Fit to Frankfort's Building Ages
Because Frankfort's housing spans that range, a siding evaluation should account for the building's era directly -- older wood siding and trim near downtown or South Frankfort call for a different inspection than a vinyl-clad home in a newer subdivision.