Beeches is a brick house in

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whose main block was built in 1818. In 1979, when it was listed on the

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, it was in a great lawn in a park-like setting, in contrast to 20th century encroachments on all sides. It was deemed notable as an outstanding

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-style structure and as one of just two surviving nineteenth-century buildings along the Leestown Pike in

Franklin County, Kentucky Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,541. Its county seat is Frankfort, the state capital. The county was formed in 1795 from parts of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby cou ...

. The other building, Glen Willis, one-fourth mile to the southwest, was already listed on the National Register. 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. with

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Federal architecture in Kentucky Houses completed in 1800 Houses in Frankfort, Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Frankfort, Kentucky 1800 establishments in Kentucky {{FranklinCountyKY-NRHP-stub