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Built circa 1910, this Colonial Revival-style house was constructed as non-commissioned officers quarters as part of the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The house features a front gable roof, a red brick exterior, rusticated stone base, wood-frame side addition with a shed roof and concrete base, six-over-six and four-over-four double-hung windows with stone sills, an oxeye attic window, and front and rear porches with hipped roofs, tuscan columns, wooden railings, and open pier foundations. The building presently serves as the Fort Thomas Historical Museum, and is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built between 1890 and 1894, these Queen Anne-style houses were constructed as housing for non-commissioned officers at the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The houses are relatively simple, with front gable roofs, stone lintels and sills, double-hung windows, originally two-over-two and one-over-one with some vinyl replacements, gabled or shed roofed side ells at the rear of the houses, rusticated stone bases, side porches with wooden columns, some of which have been enclosed, with some houses featuring paired front windows, many of which are arched on the second floor, or side-by-side single windows in two front bays. The houses are contributing structures in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built around the turn of the 20th Century, this Queen Anne-style house features a side gable roof with a large central front gable, doric pilasters, a painted brick exterior, a large arched attic window, a second-story bow oriel window with ionic pilasters over the front porch, a front porte cohere with square doric ionic columns and stone bases, replacement windows, a concrete base, and one-story side additions made of painted brick.
Built in 1927, this Mission Revival-style Sears Kit House, an Alhambra model, features a hipped roof, mission gables at the wall dormers and front porch, stucco cladding, replacement windows, side oriel windows, wide overhanging eaves, and a partially covered front porch with stucco-clad columns and walls.
Built in 1968, this Modern building houses the Fort Thomas City Government, as well as the Fort Thomas Fire Department and Fort Thomas Police Department. The building features a buff brick and concrete panel exterior, replacement windows, a large new contemporary glass curtain wall on the second floor added in 2021-22, a low-slope roof, concrete spandrel panels above and below the second-story windows, a concrete canopy at the south end of the building’s front facade, large garage bays for the Fort Thomas Fire Department with concrete columns, an integrated front plaza and planter, and a concrete base. The building was renovated and given several new contemporary design elements in 2021-22, adding onto the rear of the building and opening up the front facade around the building’s front entrance.
Built in 1927, this Arts and Crafts-style house features a jerkinhead or clipped gable roof, bracketed eaves, side shed wall dormers, a red wire brick exterior, concrete base, leaded glass diamond pane casement windows, stone sills, a front balcony with decorative brackets, a metal railing, and decorative trim board, a side oriel window, a front door with a tile surround and extruded front bay with a front gable roof, and a corner porch with a tile-clad brick column, metal railing, and a concrete floor.
Built as the Fifth Barracks in 1935, this Classical Revival-style building presently serves as the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center Fort Thomas, and was built as part of the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The three-story red brick building was constructed as barracks for infantry meant to expand the capacity of the base, which by the time the building was constructed, was running out of space to expand. The building features an E-shaped footprint with a simple stone cornice at the base of the parapet, banded reveals on the first floor at the center of the principal facade principal facade of the side wings, stone belt coursing and sills, replacement windows, a concrete base, doric porticoes with fluted columns and architraves at the entrances on the principal facade, simple pilasters on the rear facade (facing Fort Thomas Avenue), and relatively restrained ornamentation on the rear facade. The building became home to the Veterans Affairs (VA) Nursing Home after World War II, and today serves as a Veterans Hospital. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built in 1892-93, these Queen Anne-style houses and duplexes were constructed as housing for officers at the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The houses feature red brick exteriors, stone lintels and sills, two-over-two and one-over-one double-hung windows with storm windows, rusticated stone bases, wooden front porches with simple square columns, hipped roofs, and open pier foundations, brick corbeling, hipped roofs, front gables and front gabled dormers, and front doors with decorative glass transoms. The houses are contributing structures in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built in 1902, this Queen Anne-style cottage features a hipped roof with front and side gables, painted brick exterior, a semi-circular second-story front stained glass window, a wrap-around porch with a hipped roof, curved corner, and ionic columns, arched attic windows on the side gables, one-over-one double-hung windows, and a rusticated stone base.
Built circa 1910, this Arts and Crafts-style bungalow features a front gable roof, decorative brackets, six-over-one and eight-over-one double-hung windows, shingle cladding on the gable ends, a painted brick first floor, rusticated stone base, first floor bay window on the side facade, two front doors, two front picture windows with decorative glass transoms, and a front porch with two front gable roofs, decorative square columns and trim, and a wooden railing.
Built in 1892-93, these Queen Anne-style houses and duplexes were constructed as housing for officers at the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The houses feature red brick exteriors, stone lintels and sills, two-over-two and one-over-one double-hung windows with storm windows, rusticated stone bases, wooden front porches with simple square columns, hipped roofs, and open pier foundations, brick corbeling, hipped roofs, front gables and front gabled dormers, and front doors with decorative glass transoms. The houses are contributing structures in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built between 1890 and 1892, these Queen Anne-style houses and duplexes were constructed as housing for officers at the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The houses feature an eclectic mix of Queen Anne elements, with unifying features being typically complex rooflines with multiple gables or hipped sections, stone trim, brick exteriors, rusticated stone bases, offset corner and front porches, stone lintels and sills, double-hung one-over-one and two-over-two windows, and bay windows in one and two story variants. Some of the houses feature more unique elements, including cylindrical turrets with conical roofs, jerkinhead or clipped gable roofs with attic oriel windows on the ends of the gables, clapboard-clad upper portions of the exterior facades, and quarter-circle attic windows. After sitting vacant since 2002, the houses were all rehabilitated between 2018 and 2020, with the addition of one-story basement additions housing garages to the rear of each house, all featuring rooftop decks, a new infill house in a compatible postmodern interpretation of the original house designs, and restoration of all intact character-defining features of the houses. The houses, minus the one built in 2020, are contributing structures in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built in 1902, this Queen Anne-style cottage features a hipped roof with front and side gables, painted brick exterior, a semi-circular second-story front stained glass window, a wrap-around porch with a hipped roof, curved corner, and ionic columns, arched attic windows on the side gables, one-over-one double-hung windows, and a rusticated stone base.
Built in the mid-20th Century, this Modern bank building houses a branch of the Guardian Savings Bank. The building features a low-slope shed roof, exposed roof beams, a large aluminum curtain wall on the front facade, tapered metal columns, a corner entry foyer containing a staircase, stone and cream brick exterior walls, an integrated front planter, integrated rear drive-thru canopy, and a large open interior lobby.
Built circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style house features a hipped slate roof with multiple gables clad in shingles, a circular corner tower with a conical roof, painted brick exterior, rusticated stone base, enclosed wrap-around sun porch with square columns and a hipped roof, one-over-one double-hung windows and replacement windows, bracketed eaves, and gabled roof dormers.
Built in 1948, this three-story Modern school building features a red brick exterior, stone trim, aluminum and glass block windows and storefronts, a concrete base, large banks of windows at the classrooms with stone trim frames, and a storefront at the front staircase that allows natural light to flood the interior, providing a focal point near the building’s front entrance. The building continues to serve as a Catholic elementary school for the surrounding area, and saw the addition of a large one-story modern wing to the rear around the turn of the millennium to house additional amenities and space for the school.
Built in 1941, this Art Moderne-style building was built to house the Citizen’s Telephone Company Hiland Exchange, and replaced the earlier phone exchange further north along Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features a red flemish bond brick exterior with a limestone-clad base, low slope roof surrounded by a parapet with a stone cap, a series of five window bays infilled with glass block in a decorative pattern on two levels at the center of the front facade, separated by fluted limestone pilasters, with contrasting stone spandrel panels that feature bells and telephones above the upper row of windows, and closed-up window bays with recessed stacked bond brick spandrel panels on the side and rear facades of the building. The building remains in active service as a telecommunications exchange, providing communication services to the surrounding area of Campbell County.
Built in 1960, this Modern and Art Moderne-style church was designed by an unknown architect and built for the congregation of the First Christian Church of Fort Thomas, Kentucky. The building is a transitional example of the Art Moderne and Modern styles, with elements of both, including exterior elements that more closely tie in to Art Moderne, and an interior that is more distinctly Modern, which demonstrates the sometimes blurry divisions between architectural styles in the real world. The building is clad in red brick with a concrete base and gabled roof, buff brick and limestone trim, and several stained glass windows, steel windows, oxeye windows, and a tower with pilasters at the corners, buff brick panels, an octagonal top with a finial topped by a cross, a sanctuary with laminated wood columns and beams, and a wing to the side built between 1987 and 1990, designed by Hub + Weber Architects, which houses educational classrooms and features a red brick exterior, recessed portion of the gable, a semi-circular canopy over the side entrance, and one-over-one windows. The building saw another addition in 2009-2010, adding a front entrance vestibule and lobby, a front entrance drive, and an elevator shaft that mimics the original tower, but shorter in height. The building continues to house the First Christian Church of Fort Thomas.
Built between 1888 and 1892, this Romanesque Revival-style building was constructed as a mess hall for the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The building features a red brick exterior with a hipped roof, hipped roof dormers with vents, arched window openings with six-over-six double-hung windows, stone sills, a rusticated stone base, brick corbeling at the eaves, a front entrance gable with brick corbeling, an arched front door bay with a double doors sidelights, an opaque panel above the front door, pilasters with stone trim, an arched attic vent, and two stone panels flanking the brick arch over the door, side entrances with double doors and transoms, and a gabled rear wing with similar details to the front and circular attic vents, which once housed the mess hall kitchen. The interior of the building features brick walls, a tin ceiling, a tile floor, and large, open rooms, with the front wing of the building being a single large open space, and the rear kitchen wing having several partitions. The building presently serves as a community center for Fort Thomas, after undergoing a rehabilitation in 1981, and sits in the midst of Tower Park, which occupies the land that was once home to the military installation that Fort Thomas is named for. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built in 1856, this Greek Revival-style house was built by the Shaw family, and is one of the oldest remaining houses in Fort Thomas. The house sits atop a knoll just off Fort Thomas Avenue, and features a painted brick exterior, hipped roof with a flat top, wide overhanging eaves, a cornice with egg and dart moulding, porches with cast iron railings, trim, and columns, with a second-story balcony at the main front porch, six-over-six and six-over-nine double-hung windows, stone lintels and sills, a rusticated stone base, doors on the original front facade with with sidelights and transoms, an entry door on the side porch with sidelights and a transom, and a rear wing with a hipped roof that stands lower than the rest of the house.
Built in 1927, this Mission Revival-style Sears Kit House, an Alhambra model, features a hipped roof, mission gables at the wall dormers and front porch, stucco cladding, replacement windows, side oriel windows, wide overhanging eaves, and a partially covered front porch with stucco-clad columns and walls.
Built initially in 1909-10, this Gothic Revival-style church was designed by C. C. Weber for the congregation of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The church features a rusticated stone exterior, front red tile shingle gable roof with gable parapets, gothic arched stained glass windows, a front narthex with a crenellated and gabled stone parapet, a front entry storefront door with a gothic arched top, buttresses, a side entry door with a stone parapet, two gothic arched windows above, and a blind gothic arch over the doors, replacement windows, a first-floor bay window on the side facade along Fort Thomas Avenue, and side and rear additions made in the early 20th Century and 1990s that feature rusticated stone exteriors and parapets, matching the architecture of the original church building as closely as possible.
Built circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style house features a front and side slate shingle jerkinhead or clipped gable roof, a semi-circular side oriel window clad in shingles with a curved palladian window, half-timbering with gothic motifs on the gable ends and gabled roof dormers, red brick exterior, rusticated stone base a semi-circular two-story front bay window, one-over-one double-hung windows, a front door with decorative glass sidelights and transoms, a two-story side bay window with a chimney, a wrap-around rear porch, and a front porch with decorative octagonal columns and trim, a hipped roof, metal railings, and a rusticated stone base and stone column piers.
Built in 1948, this three-story Modern school building features a red brick exterior, stone trim, aluminum and glass block windows and storefronts, a concrete base, large banks of windows at the classrooms with stone trim frames, and a storefront at the front staircase that allows natural light to flood the interior, providing a focal point near the building’s front entrance. The building continues to serve as a Catholic elementary school for the surrounding area, and saw the addition of a large one-story modern wing to the rear around the turn of the millennium to house additional amenities and space for the school.
Built circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style house features a front and side slate shingle jerkinhead or clipped gable roof, a semi-circular side oriel window clad in shingles with a curved palladian window, half-timbering with gothic motifs on the gable ends and gabled roof dormers, red brick exterior, rusticated stone base a semi-circular two-story front bay window, one-over-one double-hung windows, a front door with decorative glass sidelights and transoms, a two-story side bay window with a chimney, a wrap-around rear porch, and a front porch with decorative octagonal columns and trim, a hipped roof, metal railings, and a rusticated stone base and stone column piers.
Built in 1890, this stone Romanesque-style water tower was built at the entrance to the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The tower features a rusticated stone exterior, stone corner pilasters, a crenellated top parapet, large stone blocks at the tapered base, arrow slit windows, stone corbeling at the base of the building’s parapet, and an arched entrance door facing Fort Thomas Avenue. The building served as a water tower for the fort, and though it no longer serves that purpose today, still stands as a major local landmark and focal point for the adjacent Tower Park. The tower is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built in 1948, this three-story Modern school building features a red brick exterior, stone trim, aluminum and glass block windows and storefronts, a concrete base, large banks of windows at the classrooms with stone trim frames, and a storefront at the front staircase that allows natural light to flood the interior, providing a focal point near the building’s front entrance. The building continues to serve as a Catholic elementary school for the surrounding area, and saw the addition of a large one-story modern wing to the rear around the turn of the millennium to house additional amenities and space for the school.
Over 75 people gathered to show support for the students marching for legislation to stop gun violence. Photo taken by organizer. Please credit Kentuckians For The Commonwealth.
Juli Russ of Highlands High School speaks to the crowd. She is one of the organizers of the rally and march, and shares why she and her classmates organized this event. Photo taken by organizer. Please credit Kentuckians For The Commonwealth.
Built in 1948, this three-story Modern school building features a red brick exterior, stone trim, aluminum and glass block windows and storefronts, a concrete base, large banks of windows at the classrooms with stone trim frames, and a storefront at the front staircase that allows natural light to flood the interior, providing a focal point near the building’s front entrance. The building continues to serve as a Catholic elementary school for the surrounding area, and saw the addition of a large one-story modern wing to the rear around the turn of the millennium to house additional amenities and space for the school.
Built between the late 19th Century opening of Fort Thomas and World War II, these commercial buildings make up the Midway Commercial District, which sits adjacent to the former military installation at Fort Thomas. The buildings are all within the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Built in 1927, this Mediterranean Revival and Renaissance Revival-style building features a buff brick facade with a green tile bonnet roof with decorative brackets at either end, second-story oriel window, a four-over-one double-hung window on the second floor, stone trim, red brick side and rear facades, an arched window and recessed entry door on one side of the first floor and a storefront with a glass transom on the other side, and a concrete base.
Built around the turn of the 20th Century, this Queen Anne-style house features a hipped roof with gable ends clad in shingles, an oxeye attic window on the front gable, a palladian attic window on the side gable, decorative brackets below the gable ends, two-story bay windows below the front and side gables, replacement windows, a rusticated stone base, a front porch with doric columns and a rooftop balcony, and a side oriel window with decorative support brackets. The house has been converted into a commercial business building, owing to the increased commercialization of the surrounding segment of Fort Thomas Avenue.
Over 75 people gathered to show support for the students marching for legislation to stop gun violence. Photo taken by organizer. Please credit Kentuckians For The Commonwealth.
Built in the mid-20th Century, this Modern bank building houses a branch of the Guardian Savings Bank. The building features a low-slope shed roof, exposed roof beams, a large aluminum curtain wall on the front facade, tapered metal columns, a corner entry foyer containing a staircase, stone and cream brick exterior walls, an integrated front planter, integrated rear drive-thru canopy, and a large open interior lobby.