Frankfort Commercial Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Frankfort,

Clinton County, Indiana Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 33,224. The county seat is Frankfort. History Clinton County officially came into existence on March 1, 1830, and was named in honor of DeWitt Cli ...

. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of Frankfort. The district developed between about 1870 and 1947, and includes notable examples of

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

, and

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

style architecture. Located at the center of the district is the separately listed Clinton County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Harker Building (1890), Frankfort Municipal Building (1916), Coca-Cola building (mid-1920s), Ross Building (1897), Keys Building (1899), and K. F. & W Traction Station (early 1920s). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1998.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Clinton County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Indiana {{ClintonCountyIN-NRHP-stub