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=== 20th-century === [[File:Kentucky - Frankfort through Hickman - NARA - 23940289 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|View of Frankfort in 1934, Kentucky State Capitol in the foreground]] On 3 February 1900, [[William Goebel]] was assassinated in Frankfort while walking to the [[Kentucky State Capitol|capitol]] on the way to the Kentucky Legislature. Former Secretary of State [[Caleb Powers]] and several others were later found guilty of a conspiracy to murder Goebel, however all were later pardoned.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeY7uCxT0Q4C&pg=PA97 |title=Generations: An American Family|first=John|last=Egerton|date=April 10, 1983|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0813127831|via=Google Books}}</ref> The [[Mayo–Underwood School]], the successor to the Clinton Street High School, was a public school for African American students in Frankfort and operated from 1929 until 1964.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The school was torn down as part of an urban renewal plan,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-08-31 |title=Capital Plaza Authority Asks Mayo–Underwood School Site |pages=13 |work=[[The Lexington Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118061699/capital-plaza-authority-asks/ |access-date=2023-02-06}}</ref> and to make way for the Capital Plaza. The Capital Plaza was comprised the [[Capital Plaza Office Tower (Frankfort, Kentucky)|Capital Plaza Office Tower]], the tallest building in the city, the Capital Plaza Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn, Frankfort), and the Fountain Place Shoppes. The [[Capital Plaza Office Tower (Frankfort, Kentucky)|Capital Plaza Office Tower]] opened in 1972 and became a visual landmark for the center of the city. By the early 2000s, maintenance of the concrete structures had been neglected and the plaza had fallen into disrepair, with sections of the plaza closed to pedestrian activity out of concerns for safety. In 2018 The Capital Plaza was demolished<ref>{{Cite web |title=Capital Plaza Tower Demolished in Frankfort – CTBUH |url=https://www.ctbuh.org/news/capital-plaza-tower-demolished-in-frankfort |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.ctbuh.org}}</ref> and a new state office building was constructed<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mayo-Underwood Building |url=https://www.eopa.com/work/workplace/capital-plaza-reconstruction/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=EOP Architects |language=en-US}}</ref> to take its place. The new building was named The Mayo-Underwood State Office Building<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Mark Henderson |date=2019-08-13 |title=Capital Plaza Office Building Named Mayo-Underwood |url=https://www.eopa.com/capital-plaza-office-building-named-mayo-underwood/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=EOP Architects |language=en-US}}</ref> to honor the namesake school that was razed for the sake of the original Capital Plaza. Frankfort grew considerably with state government in the 1960s. A modern addition to the State Office Building was completed in 1967. The original building was completed in the 1930s on the location of the former Kentucky State Penitentiary. Some of the stone from the old prison was used for the walls surrounding the office building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5Mdua_lXBgC&pg=PA352 |title=Knight's Penny Magazine|date=April 10, 1834|publisher=Charles Knight & Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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