The Campbell County Protestant Orphan's Home, 120 Main Street. It was dedicated August 1, 1886. The mansion was originally built by early Newport Mayor George Fearons, in 1855. More. |
Iardells Lynch's History of the Baptist Convalescent Center is here. (pdf) |
For a detailed 1920 Plat of the Clifton Neighborhood, go here.
There was an early limestone quarry in Clifton, bounded by what is now
Amelia, Ash, Main and Home Streets.
Clifton Heights Public School | 1915 Tornado Damage | 1915 Tornado Damage |
All three of these are from the 1915 Tornado |
The St. Vincent de Paul School is on the National Register
of Historic Places. The application (pdf) contains lots of images, history, and architectural details.
4,000 attend the St. Vincent de Paul Church's dedication in 1916. |
St. Vincent de Paul parish formed, 1913. |
St. Vincent de Paul School's ground breaking, 1916. |
Clifton Heights building boom, 1910 | The History of Clifton Heights, 1910. | |
Kentucky legislature officially creates Clifton Heights. | Society of Johns hold Hanselfest. |
Main and Home Streets
from a Facebook post by Ruth Ann Kuntz Wietmarschen
Campbell County Protestant Orphans Home Clifton, Kentucky, 1922 |
Clifton Branch of the Newport Fire Department Engine Company #3, dedicated September 9, 1933 |
Baptist Convalescent Center |
Clifton was officially annexed by Newport as of November 26, 1935.
Clifton School, September, 1919. Ms. Haas' First Grade. We know that's Wm. Knox in the upper left corner |
Alice Webster's Clifton: A History of the Hill is here. (pdf)