Frankfort, KY, United States
The Church of the Ascension. In January 1836 the first Bishop of Kentucky, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, received from the Church of the Ascension on Canal Street in New York City a "gift or loan" to found an Episcopal Church in Frankfort. The present church building was erected in 1850 with
funds donated by Judge John Harris Hanna, first president of the Farmers Bank. Over. (Reverse) The Church of the Ascension - First full-time rector was the Reverend John N. Norton. Throughout the Civ
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