Residence of B. H. Berkshire, Petersburg,
1931
to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Taylor, 30 Caswell St, Newport, Rhode
Island.
“This is our headquarters down here. It is wonderful country and
we're enjoying ourselves a lot. Elizabeth and Robert”
These four are
all from about 1935 of Prospect Farm, or looking from there. J.C. Jenkins built it in Petersburg. |
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The Jenkins-Berkshire House is on the National Register of Historic Places |
The Jonathon Carlton House - you may know it as Schramm's Tavern - is on the National Register of Historic Places. The application contains photo's, maps, history, and architectural details. Other homes in or near Petersburg on the Register include: (all pdf's) |
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Agnes Horton House | Daniel Dew House | Donald Barger House | Early House | |
George W. Terrill House | John Tanner House | Kirtley House | Loder House | |
Peters House | Richard Parker House | Sam Delph House | Distillery House | |
Capt. Collins House |
This item says the Terrill House is the oldest in Boone County. The NRHP document above disagrees.
Prospect Hill, c. 1913
For more Petersburg residential scenes, see our Petersburg section of John Uri Lloyd images, here.
For substantial portions of the Northern Kentucky Views
Petersburg images,
we are indebted to the E. Y. Chapin
Library in Petersburg, and to Ms. Bridget
Stiker, at the Hebron Branch of the
Boone
County Library.