Built in 1900, this Colonial Revival-style house is clad in red brick with a hipped roof, bracketed eaves with denials, one-over-one double-hung windows, limestone trim including stone sills and keystones, a front gable with an oxeye panel in the center, brick quoins, a semi-circular side portico with ionic columns and decorative balustrades on the first and second floors, a rectangular portico with clustered ionic columns, a cornice with dentils and brackets, a decorative balustrade on the roof, doors in the central bays of the front facade with fanlight transoms, a semi-circular side oriel window on the first floor, gabled dormers, and a fieldstone base.

Built in 1900, this Colonial Revival-style house is clad in red brick with a hipped roof, bracketed eaves with denials, one-over-one double-hung windows, limestone trim including stone sills and keystones, a front gable with an oxeye panel in the center, brick quoins, a semi-circular side portico with ionic columns and decorative balustrades on the first and second floors, a rectangular portico with clustered ionic columns, a cornice with dentils and brackets, a decorative balustrade on the roof, doors in the central bays of the front facade with fanlight transoms, a semi-circular side oriel window on the first floor, gabled dormers, and a fieldstone base.

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 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 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 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 circa 1890, this heavily modified “free classic” Queen Anne-style house features a built-up low-slope hipped roof, a cornice with festoons and modillions, steel casement windows, a front porch with a hipped roof and ionic columns, a one-story side addition with a hipped roof, and a concrete-clad base.

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 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 in 1900, this Colonial Revival-style house is clad in red brick with a hipped roof, bracketed eaves with denials, one-over-one double-hung windows, limestone trim including stone sills and keystones, a front gable with an oxeye panel in the center, brick quoins, a semi-circular side portico with ionic columns and decorative balustrades on the first and second floors, a rectangular portico with clustered ionic columns, a cornice with dentils and brackets, a decorative balustrade on the roof, doors in the central bays of the front facade with fanlight transoms, a semi-circular side oriel window on the first floor, gabled dormers, and a fieldstone base.

Built in 1915, this Arts and Crafts-style bungalow is clad in red brick with wooden shingle cladding on the gables and dormers, a shed and gabled dormer, exposed rafter tails, brackets, six-over-one and one-over-one windows, a side gable red terra cotta tile roof, a porch with tapered brick columns with stone pier bases, a brick railing, a front picture window with a decorative glass transom, and a fieldstone base.

Built around the turn of the 20th Century, this Queen Anne and Italianate-style building features a low-slope rear hipped roof, a red brick exterior, a rusticated stone base, densely bracketed cornice, one-over-one double-hung windows with stone lintels and sills and decorative pilasters between grouped windows, a front facade on the second floor with a protruding section to the north and a recessed section to the south, with a chamfered corner below the cornice between, with metal brackets below the cantilevered portion of the cornice, a first-floor storefront addition at the south end of the building with a shed roof and red brick exterior, and first-floor plate glass windows at the building’s retail space. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Photos from Kentucky Trivia hosted by NKY chapter on June 3rd. Photos taken by organizer. Please credit Kentuckians For The Commonwealth.

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 around the turn of the 20th Century, this Renaissance Revival-style building features a painted brick exterior, front gable roof, angled front facade due to the site sitting at an obtusely angled street corner, a front gable parapet with a decorative stone cap, stone lintels and sills, replacement windows, and a first floor storefront with pilasters featuring alternating rows of recessed and extruded bricks, and a vintage plastic sign advertising the Coffman’s Realty business located within the building. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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 1928, this Arts and Crafts-style house features a front and side gable roof, painted brick exterior, concrete block base, replacement windows, a large rear addition, a two-story front porch with square columns and a rooftop deck, which was originally an open-air front terrace, and a gabled front porch with a brick front wall with an arched opening.

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 circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style building features a low-slope rear shed roof, a circular corner turret, made of wood and clad in faux brick made of pressed metal sheets, topped with a conical slate roof and finial, stone belt coursing at the lintels and sills of the front facade windows, a cornice with decorative dentils, brackets, and panels, replacement windows, arched window openings on the second floor of the front facade with arched panels above the windows and arches consisting of decorative brick and stonework, brick pilasters on the front facade terminating in cornice brackets on the ends and a stone cap in the center, a pilaster on the side next to the turret that terminates in brackets matching the front cornice, a rear ell with simpler exterior detailing, and a first-floor addition with a low-slope hipped roof, decorative pilasters that terminate in brackets, and plate glass storefront windows with transoms. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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 1890, this Queen Anne-style house features a hipped slate roof, cylindrical roof dormer over the front entrance clad in slate shingles with a conical roof, doric pilasters, and casement windows, a front gabled dormer with an arch above the window with decorative trim, paired doric columns on either end of the dormer, a masonry railing with circular openings, one-over-one double-hung windows with storm windows, rusticated stone lintels, stone sills, a painted brick exterior, a rusticated stone base, and a partially enclosed front porch with doric columns and pilasters, a hipped roof, decorated pediment over the front entrance steps, and rusticated stone column base piers and railings. The house has been converted into a commercial business building, owing to the increased commercialization of the surrounding segment of Fort Thomas Avenue.

I hadn't realized there was a fort along the river in Kentucky, so it caught us by suprise when we spotted this tower and all of the old military style houses.

Built in 1928, this Arts and Crafts-style house features a front and side gable roof, painted brick exterior, concrete block base, replacement windows, a large rear addition, a two-story front porch with square columns and a rooftop deck, which was originally an open-air front terrace, and a gabled front porch with a brick front wall with an arched opening.

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 in the mid-20th Century, this modern commercial building houses the Gross Insurance Agency on the second floor, and the Fort Thomas Drug Center, a Pharmacy, in the ground-level commercial space. The building features a buff brick exterior, concrete base, stone panels and a prow oriel window at the entrance to the second floor, a corner-wrapping ribbon window on the second floor, aluminum cladding around the first floor storefront and canopy, and red brick cladding on the rear and side facades.

Built in the early 20th Century, these Arts and Crafts-style houses feature simple exterior trim elements, double-hung-style windows, simple massing, and front porches. The houses demonstrate the high-quality residential architecture that defines the character of Fort Thomas.

Built circa 1900, this Italianate and Queen Anne-style building features a red brick exterior, decorative cornice with brackets, egg and dart moulding, recessed Gothic panels, and leaf motifs on the faces of the brackets, replacement windows with stone sills and lintels, and a first floor storefront with large plate glass windows and transoms flanked by two small brick pilasters with ionic capitals featuring volutes. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

They weren't quick enough to dodge this one.

Built in the mid-20th Century, this Modern armory was constructed around the time Fort Thomas was decommissioned, and serves as the main United States Army Reserve center for Campbell County, Kentucky. The building features a series of low-slope gabled and shed roofs of varying heights, concrete pilasters, red brick exterior, opaque spandrel panels, steel and aluminum windows, a concrete base, and a recessed front entry porch. The building is an excellent and well-preserved example of a mid-20th Century modern armory building.

Built circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style building features a low-slope rear shed roof, a circular corner turret, made of wood and clad in faux brick made of pressed metal sheets, topped with a conical slate roof and finial, stone belt coursing at the lintels and sills of the front facade windows, a cornice with decorative dentils, brackets, and panels, replacement windows, arched window openings on the second floor of the front facade with arched panels above the windows and arches consisting of decorative brick and stonework, brick pilasters on the front facade terminating in cornice brackets on the ends and a stone cap in the center, a pilaster on the side next to the turret that terminates in brackets matching the front cornice, a rear ell with simpler exterior detailing, and a first-floor addition with a low-slope hipped roof, decorative pilasters that terminate in brackets, and plate glass storefront windows with transoms. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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 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 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 in around the turn of the 20th Century, this “free classic”-variant Queen Anne-style house features a painted brick exterior, rusticated stone base, front gable roof with half-timbering and stucco cladding, quoins on the corners, one-over-one double-hung windows, a large stained glass window on the side facade, stone belt coursing and stone sills and lintels, a tripartite front feature window with stained glass transoms, a third-floor balcony on the gable end with a ballustrade, a front porch with a rooftop balcony and balustrade, doric pilasters and grouped doric columns, brick piers, and a concrete block base, and gabled side dormers. The house has been converted into a commercial business building, owing to the increased commercialization of the surrounding segment of Fort Thomas Avenue.

Armin Salehi at his friend's house on May 16, 2012 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Kope Formation reference section.

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 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 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 in 1908-09, this Egyptian Revival and Mediterranean Revival-style masonic building was designed by C. C. Weber for Freemasons living in Fort Thomas. The building features a red tile hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves, a stucco-clad exterior, rusticated stone base, painted brick chimney with a tapered side, an Egyptian-style front entrance vestibule with a flared top, tapered walls, and cartouches flanking the front entrance door, a front double entrance door with a stained glass transom, stained glass windows on the front of the building, and tapered buttresses on the sides of the building. The building continues to serve as the Masonic Lodge for freemasons in Fort Thomas.

Built around the turn of the 20th Century, this Renaissance Revival-style building features a painted brick exterior, front gable roof, angled front facade due to the site sitting at an obtusely angled street corner, a front gable parapet with a decorative stone cap, stone lintels and sills, replacement windows, and a first floor storefront with pilasters featuring alternating rows of recessed and extruded bricks, and a vintage plastic sign advertising the Coffman’s Realty business located within the building. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.