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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 in 1925, this Arts and Crafts-style bungalow features a hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves, gabled front and rear dormers, tapered window trim, wooden shingle cladding, a rusticated stone base, eight-over-one, six-over-one, and four-over-one double-hung windows with storm windows, and a front porch with a shed roof and a concrete base.
Built in the early 20th Century, this Dutch Colonial Revival-style house formerly served as the rectory for the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church across the street. The house features a side gambrel roof, painted brick exterior, gabled dormers, replacement windows, a rusticated stone base, stone sills, a front door with a transom and sidelights, and a front porch with a low-slope hipped roof, fluted doric columns, and a concrete floor.
Built in 1925, this Arts and Crafts-style bungalow features a hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves, gabled front and rear dormers, tapered window trim, wooden shingle cladding, a rusticated stone base, eight-over-one, six-over-one, and four-over-one double-hung windows with storm windows, and a front porch with a shed roof and a concrete base.
Built circa 1900, this Colonial Revival and Queen Anne-style house features a complex front and side gable roof, wooden shingles on the gable ends of the original house, wooden clapboard cladding, replacement windows, brackets at the gable end, a concrete base, a side front addition in the Colonial Revival style with a stucco-clad front gable, a corner entry porch, a front oriel window, a front entry door with an arched top and fluted doric pilasters, and a side gable end. The house has been converted into a commercial business building, owing to the increased commercialization of the surrounding segment of Fort Thomas Avenue.
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.
Built circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style mansion features a steeply pitched hipped roof, gabled dormers with corner pilasters and one-over-one double-hung windows with transoms, a circular corner tower with a conical roof, wood shingle and clapboard cladding, a rusticated stone base, fifteen-over-one, twelve-over-twelve, eight-over-eight, and one-over-one double-hung windows, a curved corner at the north end of the front facade, an enclosed side sun porch with large square columns, a double front door with decorative glass sidelights and a decorative glass transom, a covered second-story front balcony with decorative columns and windows with decorative glass transoms, and a front porch with thick square corner columns, round doric columns, and a rooftop deck
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 in 1920, this eclectic cottage features a side gable roof, front and rear shed dormers, stucco cladding, semi-circular attic vents, casement windows, an enclosed side porch, a concrete base, and a two-story front porch with two large doric columns on the first floor, a second level with grouped square doric columns, and a shed roof, with french doors providing access to the second story porch.
Built around the turn of the 20th Century, these Queen Anne-style houses feature front gable roofs, front porches, rusticated stone bases, and modifications to their original designs. The houses have mostly been converted into commercial business buildings, owing to the increased commercialization of the surrounding segment of Fort Thomas Avenue.
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.
Built around the turn of the circa 1900, this Queen Anne-style house features a red brick exterior, hipped roof with a front gable clad in scalloped shingles with a palladian attic window, replacement windows, a rusticated stone base, a front porch with a hipped roof and doric columns, a front picture window with a decorative glass transom, and a double front entry door with decorative glass lites.
Built in 1920, this eclectic cottage features a side gable roof, front and rear shed dormers, stucco cladding, semi-circular attic vents, casement windows, an enclosed side porch, a concrete base, and a two-story front porch with two large doric columns on the first floor, a second level with grouped square doric columns, and a shed roof, with french doors providing access to the second story porch.
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 the early 20th Century, these buildings were built to house people moving to the then-rapidly growing streetcar suburb of Fort Thomas, with the house featuring elements of the Tudor Revival style with half-timbering on the stucco-clad gable ends, red brick exterior, heavy timber elements at the porch, a complex gabled roofline, and a concrete base, with the apartment building being an example of the Art Deco style with a painted brick exterior, stone lintels and sills, and pilasters that stair-step towards the central entranceway which features a balcony over the entry door. The buildings demonstrate the high-quality residential architecture that defines the character of Fort Thomas.
Built in 1909, this Beaux Arts-style building was constructed to house the Hiland Exchange of the Citizens Telephone Company, which provided telephone service to the citizens of Northern Kentucky in the early 20th Century, and served as the Hiland Exchange until a new exchange was built to the south closer to the fort in 1941. The building features a buff brick exterior, a cornice with dentils and modillions, twelve-over-one and six-over-two double-hung windows on the second floor, stone trim and sills, arched window openings with one-over-one double-hung windows on the first floor, a low-slope side shed roof surrounded by a parapet, a rusticated stone base, first floor doors with decorative fanlight transoms, and quoins at the corners of the building. The building presently houses the Village Players of Fort Thomas, a local community theater organization.
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 1909, this Beaux Arts-style building was constructed to house the Hiland Exchange of the Citizens Telephone Company, which provided telephone service to the citizens of Northern Kentucky in the early 20th Century, and served as the Hiland Exchange until a new exchange was built to the south closer to the fort in 1941. The building features a buff brick exterior, a cornice with dentils and modillions, twelve-over-one and six-over-two double-hung windows on the second floor, stone trim and sills, arched window openings with one-over-one double-hung windows on the first floor, a low-slope side shed roof surrounded by a parapet, a rusticated stone base, first floor doors with decorative fanlight transoms, and quoins at the corners of the building. The building presently houses the Village Players of Fort Thomas, a local community theater organization.
Built in 1889, this Queen Anne-style house features a side gable roof with a smaller front gable, half-timbering on the gable ends and dormers, dormers with front gables and pointed casement windows, a diamond pane attic window on the front gable, painted brick exterior, large decorative brackets, replacement windows, stone lintels and sills, a second-story balustrade below a feature window, double-hung windows on the side gables with complex mullions, a painted rusticated stone base, a front door with decorative glass sidelights and a decorative glass transom, and a front porch with a hipped roof, square columns, decorative trim, and a complex decorative railing.
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 1920, this eclectic cottage features a side gable roof, front and rear shed dormers, stucco cladding, semi-circular attic vents, casement windows, an enclosed side porch, a concrete base, and a two-story front porch with two large doric columns on the first floor, a second level with grouped square doric columns, and a shed roof, with french doors providing access to the second story porch.
Built around the turn of the 20th Century, this “free classic”-variant Queen Anne-style house features a red brick exterior, front gable roof with scalloped shingle cladding on the gable ends, an attic window with ionic pilasters and a cornice above, wide overhanging eaves, a cornice with festoons and egg and dart moulding, a rusticated stone base, stone lintels and sills, replacement windows, a first floor picture window with a decorative glass transom, a front porch with a rooftop deck, ionic and doric columns, and a rusticated stone base, and two front doors. The house has been converted into a commercial business building, owing to the increased commercialization of the surrounding segment of Fort Thomas Avenue.
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 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 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 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 1905, this Arts and Crafts-style bungalow features a hipped roof, bracketed eaves, an orange brick exterior, large gabled dormers with stick work trim and brackets, replacement vinyl one-over-one windows, a partially enclosed front porch with brick columns and railings, a front door with sidelights and a transom, a wooden rear addition, a rusticated stone base, and a side one-story bay window.
Built in 1927, this Arts and Crafts-style side-gable bungalow features a side gable roof, front porch with paired columns atop brick piers, brick railings, stone trim, and wooden trim pieces at the columns, replacement windows, red brick cladding at the base, a front gabled dormer with decorative brackets, brackets at the gable ends, a concrete base, and vinyl siding covering the original wooden cladding on the gable ends and dormers.