Wapping Street is a public thoroughfare located in northern Frankfort that runs east and west parallel to the
Kentucky River through the Corner in Celebrities historic district. The street was named for the "
Old Wapping Stairs" in
London by homesick Englishman, John Instone, a friend of the town's founder. In 1818, while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, Todd purchased the house on Wapping Street and lived there with his second wife Lucy (Payne) Washington, sister of
Dolley Madison. Todd died on February 7, 1826, and was buried in the Innes family cemetery. Later Todd and his wife were reinterred at the
Frankfort Cemetery. Daniel Lindsey, a Union Army General during the American Civil War and Adjutant General and Inspector General of Kentucky's military forces, bought the building from Vest in 1846. • Carneal-Watson House (c.1855) — Brick
Greek Revival residence named for Thomas Carneal and
John C. Watson • Graham Vreeland House (c.1913) — Also called "Vauxhall" and "Garden Hall", this
Georgian architecture mansion was built with all the latest technical amenities of the day, including a bell-call system and a built-in vacuum. Built for Anne Graves Crutcher Vreeland, second wife of
Graham Vreeland, founder and editor of the
longest-running local newspaper. • South-Willis House (c.1875) — Named for original owner
John Glover South and later owner Governor
Simeon Willis. • Pruett House (c.1928) — Residence of Pruett family. In 1966, daughter Rebecca Pruett authored
The Browns of Liberty Hall for
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America •
The Old Post Office (c.1887) — A large
Victorian and
French Empire building • Good Shepherd Parish (1850) — A
Gothic Revival architecture church building ==Wilkinson Street==