Kenton County

March 29, 2023

I take what some people might consider an inordinate amount of photos of historic buildings. For example, in a few hours in Covington the other day, I took over 300 photos. While I have the best of intentions of researching and finding out all I can about each building I capture – most of the (read more)

Category: Kenton County

Tags: #covingtonky, #danielseger, #firestation, #historicdistrict, #kentuckyarchitecture

December 14, 2022

The New Year in 1923 was still fresh when newspapers across the world began sharing stories and images of the treasures “recovered” from the tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt. The mysteries and wonders of the boy pharaoh’s tomb, discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, filled newspapers, motion picture news-reels, magazines, and the imagination (read more)

Category: Kenton County

Tags: #egyptianrevival, #ludlowky, #ludlowlagoon

October 19, 2021

I’ve never lived in a Tudor Revival house, but the style is one that never fails (in most cases) to bring a smile to my face. This brick veneer example, with its three cross gables marching across the facade, is both new (at the time of construction, that is) and old (it calls to mind (read more)

Categories: Kenton County, Tudor Revival

Tag: #TudorTuesday

October 8, 2021

I suppose someday that McMansions will be analyzed and discussed by architectural historians – in serious academic tones, not the side-splitting sarcasm of sites like McMansion Hell. Until that day (I will hopefully just be pottering around my gardens in my dotage when that time arrives), the late 19th century homes of the well-to-do and (read more)

Category: Kenton County

Tags: National Register of Historic Places, Wallace Woods Neighborhood

Old Covington Fire Station No. 2, Covington, Kentucky

An Egyptian Revival Delight in Ludlow, Kentucky

Tudor Tuesday: Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky

William McDowell Shaw House, Covington, Kentucky

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