Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. Hosted, edited, and produced by Clay Wallace for the Capital City Museum.
Host Clay Wallace interviews retired English teacher Linda Bowker about the formative period of Western Hills High School, revealing insights into the school's origins in this interview episode.
24 Feb 2025
Book Release! Russ Hatter's "Franklin County Reference"
The Capital City Museum is proud to announce its newest book will be available this week - Russ Hatter’s Franklin County Reference!
It's the product of years of work that former city historian Russ Hatter has completed at the Capitol City Museum for a grant funded by the Franklin County fiscal court.
Join us for the release party at the Capital City Museum (325 Ann Street in Frankfort, KY) from 5-7 on Wednesday, February 26th.
Book signing starts at 5, with a presentation at 6. See you there!
3 Sept 2024
Railroads of Frankfort, Part 3
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews David Hume about the Lexington and Ohio, Kentucky's first railroad. This is the final episode of three on the town's railroads.
30 Jul 2024
Railroads of Frankfort, Part 2
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Charles Bogart about Frankfort's early railroad history. This is the second of three episodes on the town's railroads.
9 Jul 2024
Railroads of Frankfort, Part 1
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Patty Peavler and Ed Vasser about their memories of Frankfort's railroad industry in the 20th century. This is the first of three episodes on the town's railroads.
4 Jun 2024
Rebecca Ruth Candy
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews father-daughter chocolatiers Charles and Sarah Booe about their century-old family business - Rebecca Ruth Candy.
13 Feb 2024
The Bald Knob Fall Festival
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace gets schooled on Bald Knob, interviewing guests attending a brand new old tradition - the Bald Knob Fall Festival.
9 Jan 2024
The Old Federal Courthouse and Post Office, Part 2
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Bill Kirkland, Janice Osbourne, Miller McKee, Wilhelmina T. Thrasher, and Dr. Koffi Akakpo about the old federal courthouse and post office building at 305 Wapping Street - known more recently as the former Paul Sawyier Public Library. This is the second of a pair of episodes exploring this space.
20 Dec 2023
The Old Federal Courthouse and Post Office, Part 1
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Russ Hatter and Mark Overstreet about the old federal courthouse and post office building at 305 Wapping Street - known more recently as the former Paul Sawyier Public Library. This is the first of a pair of episodes exploring this space - we'll be posting the second half in the new year!
If you’re listening to this episode the week it airs - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Every year, the Capital City Museum puts out an ornament highlighting a special part of Frankfort. This year’s ornament features a three-quarter view of the place we explored today - the old U.S. courthouse and post office building - suspended in a golden frame. If you want a little piece of Frankfort history on your tree - or, if you want to send a bit of home to a loved one far away - you can snag an ornament by coming down to the museum at 325 Ann Street. Ornaments are 20 dollars or free with a one-year membership to the Wilkinson Society.
6 Dec 2023
First Presbyterian Church, Part 2
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Mr. William Bowker and Rev. Jay T. Silence about First Presbyterian Church, the 200-year-old white-brick building on Frankfort's Main Street housing the city's first denominational church.
21 Nov 2023
First Presbyterian Church, Part 1
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Linda Hill, Jane Upchurch, and Nathanial Bebe about their lives at First Presbyterian Church, the 200-year-old white-brick building on Frankfort's Main Street housing the first denominational church in the city.
31 Oct 2023
The 127 Yard Sale
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace hits the road, interviewing both sellers and shoppers at the annual 127 yard sale - the world's longest! - which passes through Frankfort and Franklin County.
3 Oct 2023
Fountain Place, Part 2
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Dr. Gene Burch, Russ Hatter, Chuck Knowles, and Eleanor Haskin-Wagner about Fountain Place Shoppes, an outdoor mall that existed in Frankfort from 1972, when it was built as part of the Capital Plaza Project, to 2018, when it was demolished.
19 Sept 2023
Fountain Place, Part 1
Any Old Place is a series exploring unique places in Frankfort Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it. In this episode, host Clay Wallace interviews Donna Baldwin-Hunt, Patty Peavler, Lizz Taylor, and William Morton about Fountain Place Shoppes, an outdoor mall that existed in Frankfort from 1972, when it was built as part of the Capital Plaza Project, to 2018, when it was demolished.
25 Aug 2023
Introducing Any Old Place
Introducing Any Old Place, a new podcast from the Capital City Museum.
Join host Clay Wallace as we explore unique places in Frankfort, Kentucky, collecting stories from the past and following them through to the present. Each episode of Any Old Place features a different location, with guests sharing their connection to it.
Any Old Place premieres September 19th, with new episodes every other Tuesday.
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