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.

The cannon was so loud that the camera couldn't record the sound. Cool.

Built in 1922, this Swiss Chalet, Prairie, and Arts and Crafts-style house features a front gable roof with large decorative brackets on the gable end, stucco cladding on the exterior of the third floor, a juliet balcony on the third floor at the front window with decorative brackets and a sawn balustrade, a red wire brick exterior on the first and second floors, a rusticated stone base, replacement windows, stone sills, a two-story side bay window, one-story side oriel window with a shed roof clad in stucco, and a front porch with brick corner columns that penetrate the porch’s hipped roof and terminate in two round urns at the top, a brick railing, and a wooden floor.

Tower Park

Fort Thomas, KY

Memorial plaque, honoring veterans of the Spanish-American War.

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 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

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.

Using the word "class" in any description of us is a stretch, which we proved on many occasions on this night. By my count, there may have been as many as ten members of our class in the stadium on this night, so I'm claiming any spirit award that is forthcoming. ;-)

Taken by a member of the class of '08 who sat in front of us. The Highlands crowd seemed to be bigger than the Central crowd. Surprising because the stadium is pretty nice and the neighborhood around it pretty quiet and easy to access.

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 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.

Final score of the Highlands/CovCath playoff game. Rough year for CovCath, but I thought the schedule they played might have made this more of a game. Trouble was, the Birds also played a pretty tough schedule, and it showed in the final score.

New Deal mural entitled "General G.H. Thomas and Phillip Sheridan" painted in 1942 by Lucienne Bloch. It depicts the Battle of Chickamauga.

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.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

Ohio Students For Gun Legislation President Ethan Nichols speaks at the event. Photo taken by organizer. Please credit Kentuckians For THe Commonwealth.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

One of the white Lionesses at the Cincinati zoo

showing off feather development

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The old springhead is located on Alexandria Pike near Blossom Lane in Fort Thomas. (Blossom Lane is actually in Southgate, but this is on the opposite side of the pike from it.) There used to be a pipe in the reservoir where the water from the springs flowed continuously, but it was closed down a few years ago when they found an unacceptable level of Benzene in the water. When we were kids, it was a great place to get a free drink on a hot summer day, and there was generally a line of people there with jugs to fill.

Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.

Tower Park

Fort Thomas, KY

6.25in Rifle No.?? "El Bellisario"

-Barcelona I De Jvnio De 1768

-No.?? Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest barely legible)

-??

-El Bellisario

I'm guessing, but I think this would translate as "the bellicose one." Giving artillery tubes names was a common practice in Spain, it would appear.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.

Tower Park

Fort Thomas, KY

6.25in Rifle No.?? "El Bellisario"

-Barcelona I De Jvnio De 1768

-No.?? Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest barely legible)

-??

-El Bellisario

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 1940-41, this Colonial Revival-style building houses the United States Post Office for Fort Thomas. The building features a side gable roof, clapboard cladding and semi-circular fanlight attic windows on the gable ends, a cornice with dentils, a rooftop cupola with six-over-six double-hung windows, doric pilasters, quoins, and a pyramidal concavely curved hipped roof topped with a weathervane, a red brick exterior, twelve-over-twelve windows with stone sills, a front entry portico with an arched top housing a bronze eagle sculpture, with an architrave and fluted doric pilasters flanking the front entrance, and a rear wing with a low-slope roof surrounded by a parapet. The building continues to serve as the post office for Fort Thomas.

Tower Park

Fort Thomas, KY

6.25in Rifle No.82 "El Grave"

-Barcelona 99 De Jvlio De 1769

-No.82 (?) Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest hard to decipher)

-??

-El Grave

"The Severe", thanks to Mr. Merryman for the tip.

Frisch's, we love your litter.

Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.

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 1962, this Modern building houses the congregation of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, which was created to serve an area formerly served by various other parishes in more distant locations. The church replaced an earlier building on the same site, which was a small wood-frame chapel ordered from the Sears, Roebuck & Company in 1930. The present church features a fan-shaped layout with a large arcing curtain wall made up of stained glass panels at the clerestory on the front facade, a rusticated stone base on the front facade and red brick on the side and rear facades, a limestone-clad cylindrical tower soaring above the church’s glass front entry vestibule with a sculpture of St. Catherine on the exterior and an Art Deco-style crown atop the tower below the modernist cross, modernist mosaic art inside the semi-circular entry vestibule, Latin words and christian symbols pressed into the metal trim at the top of the building’s front facade, sawtooth elements at the front facade, giving it a more complex and sculptural footprint, and a rear corner addition with a small grotto added around the turn of the millennium to add additional space for the church’s needs. The church continues to serve the surrounding St. Catherine of Siena Parish, and is one of the best examples of modernist church architecture in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Tower Park

Fort Thomas, KY

6.25in Rifle No.82 "El Grave"

-Barcelona 99 De Jvlio De 1769

-No.82 (?) Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest hard to decipher)

-??

-El Grave

Built in 1939

Fort Thomas is a southern suburb of Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky's Campbell County.

Initially built in the Renaissance Revival style in 1920, this Catholic School saw several Modern additions in the mid-20th Century. The school complex consisted of three buildings, with the oldest building, which last served as the Activity Center, having originally served as a combination church and school before the present church was dedicated in 1939, and saw the addition of six classrooms in 1925. The three-story building featured a buff wire brick exterior, large window openings with mid-20th Century aluminum windows, stone trim, a parapet with a stone cap and curved section over the front entrance, a front entrance that protrudes from the building’s facade with a decorative brick and stone surround at the front entryway, and a concrete base. The building was expanded with a two-story elementary school addition to the east in the mid-20th Century, which features a low-slope hipped roof, vertically emphasized window bays with aluminum windows and recessed stone spandrel panels, a buff brick exterior, stairways on the south facade with tall curtain walls at the entrances and ceramic tile walls interiors, a concrete base, and a one-story wing that connects it to the adjacent older building. A high school building was also constructed north of the original building in the mid-20th Century, which sits alongside Fort Thomas Avenue. The building features one story in the front and two stories in the back, large classroom windows, limestone cladding along the west facade, buff brick cladding elsewhere, a large gymnasium at one end of the building, which features three stone crosses on the exterior at the building’s entrance plaza, a concrete base, and a paved playground behind the building. The parish no longer provides a high school-level education, but continues to provide education between the preschool and junior high school/middle school levels. Sadly, the original 1920 school and church building, as well as the east addition, was demolished in the summer of 2022 to make way for additional parking.

Fort Thomas, Kentucky at the end of I 475.