Alexander Circle, Tower Park, Fort Thomas, KY
Built in 1888, this Queen Anne-style house was constructed as the Commandant’s Quarters and first building at the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964, and sits on a prominent site overlooking the Ohio River at the end of Alexander Circle. The house was first occupied by Commandant Colonel Melville A. Cochran, whom laid out the roads on the military reservation at Fort Thomas and had the house constructed at the most prominent point of the bluff on which the reservation sits. The house features a red brick exterior, rusticated stone base, prominent stair tower on the front facade with rounded corners and a tripartite feature window with an arched transom and stone trim, topped with a balcony featuring a semi-circular roof, wooden columns, and wooden cladding on the low railing, one-over-one double-hung windows, hipped dormers with decorative brackets, stone lintels and sills, a front porch with a hipped roof, open pier foundation, and square columns, a front door with sidelights and a decorative glass transom, a two-story bay window on the side facade facing the Ohio River, a side porch facing the Ohio River with a rusticated stone base, square columns, and a hipped roof, and a rear basement garage addition with a rooftop deck, added in 2020. After sitting vacant since 2002, the was rehabilitated between 2018 and 2020, with the restoration of all intact character-defining features of the house. The house is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Alexander Circle, Tower Park, Fort Thomas, KY
Built in 1888, this Queen Anne-style house was constructed as the Commandant’s Quarters and first building at the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964, and sits on a prominent site overlooking the Ohio River at the end of Alexander Circle. The house was first occupied by Commandant Colonel Melville A. Cochran, whom laid out the roads on the military reservation at Fort Thomas and had the house constructed at the most prominent point of the bluff on which the reservation sits. The house features a red brick exterior, rusticated stone base, prominent stair tower on the front facade with rounded corners and a tripartite feature window with an arched transom and stone trim, topped with a balcony featuring a semi-circular roof, wooden columns, and wooden cladding on the low railing, one-over-one double-hung windows, hipped dormers with decorative brackets, stone lintels and sills, a front porch with a hipped roof, open pier foundation, and square columns, a front door with sidelights and a decorative glass transom, a two-story bay window on the side facade facing the Ohio River, a side porch facing the Ohio River with a rusticated stone base, square columns, and a hipped roof, and a rear basement garage addition with a rooftop deck, added in 2020. After sitting vacant since 2002, the was rehabilitated between 2018 and 2020, with the restoration of all intact character-defining features of the house. The house is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.