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The Kentucky capitol and an assassinated governor
1910
Frankfort, Kentucky
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A Beaux-Arts capitol modelled on the Paris Opera and Napoleon's tomb, built after a disputed 1899 election in which the governor-elect was shot on the grounds of the old one, the only American governor ever assassinated in office. He was sworn in on his deathbed.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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