[3][4] 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.

[6][5]: 8 After serving in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Thomas Todd studied law and land surveying under his cousin Harry Innes.

[7][8] 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.

Vest is best remembered for his closing trial remarks where he coined the line "Dog is man's best friend.

Bibb built a new twenty-one room Gothic Revival house on the site using material from the original structure.

Burnley's interest in culture and the arts associates the house with several prominent writers and musicians including John Fox, Jr. and Robert Burns Wilson.

Property records show that Frankfort Judge Jacob Swigert and his wife Rebecca were early owner of the house.

Today Liberty Hall Historic Site serves as a learning center that engages the public in exploring the history, politics, social and cultural life in early Kentucky through the homes, gardens, documents, and artifacts of Senator John Brown and his family.

Owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the site and museums are seasonally open to the public.