The Erlanger - Fort Mitchell Bus	Beechwood Road Bridges

 

Fort Mitchell Baptist Church, 1956	St. Agnes, Ft. Wright, c. 1930

 

Blessed Sacrament, 1920

The image is from this story on the cornerstone laying of the new building. This building originally served as both church and school, and in the 1950's the red brick was replaced with buff brick to match the new church.

 

1956			1959
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, South Fort Mitchell. Thanks to Nate Thurman for the image on the left Blessed Sacrament's web site is here.

The Rev. Paul Ryan's 1953  history of Blessed Sacrament is here.

			From a Facebook post by D. Russell
Aerial views from the 1960's			1976

 

How did the Monte Casino Chapel get from Covington to Thomas More? On a truck, thru Fort Mitchell. May 7, 1965. Details here. Bob Huesman is the man on top of the church.

 

1903

 

Looking north, at Dixie and Beechwood Road.	Looking south at roughly Dixie and Rivard.

Both from the Gilliam Collection, Eva G. Farris Special Collections, W. Frank Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University.

 

Video of the Roger Kuchle Garage shortly before it was torn down.

 

Entrance to Highland Cemetery, 1912	Entrance to St. Mary Cemetery,
Fort Mitchell's first cemetery was St. Johns, which opened in 1867. Highland opened in 1869, and St. Mary's in 1870. St Mary's had an an earlier location in Devou Park. Why two Catholic cemetery's? One for the German Catholic (St John's) and one for the Irish Catholic (St. Mary's).

 

The caption on this one says “Scene on US 25/42 near Covington”
We think it's looking north, with Turkeyfoot Road on the left.
Thanks to Lt. Barry Martin and Tyler Schmidt for help in identifying the location

 

We believe this is the same scene as above. Sorry for the picture quality.	We believe this, too, is the same scene. 1916

 

Lakeside Presbyterian Church

 

Venthaven
Visit Venthaven on-line here.

 

St. John's Orphanage
On Orphanage Road, originally organized in 1850 in Covington.
 At the time of this picture, c. 1950, there were 118 boys and girls, from 2-18 years
old under the supervision of a Chaplain and 12 Nuns

The Kruempelman Farm, c. 1975
from a Facebook post by the photographer, John Engleman

These seven properties, more or less in Fort Mitchell, are on the National Register of Historic Places. Each has a history, maps, sources, and maps.
Beechwood Historic District	Highland Cemetery District	Kruempelman Farmhouse	Shinkle-Brinks House
Fort Mitchell Heights	Fort Mitchell	Old Fort Mitchell	Lakeside Park

Union General Lew Wallace, in charge of defending Cincinnati in the Civil War, used this barn in Fort Mitchell to store his horses. From a Facebook post by Dr. Richard Cardosi

 

Fort Mitchell, c. 1960's|
From a Facebook post by Will Terwort

Fort Mitchell lots for sale. Note the trolley line. We're not sure of the date on this one. From a Facebook post by Joe Schulte	“Most healthful place within 50 miles of Cincinnati.” Kentucky Post, September 17, 1904
Our assumption is that the ad on the right refers to the plat on the left. We can tell you that in June of 1911, Simrall was advertising “very few lots left.”

 

We're told Sanford Street, on the plat above, was renamed Iris because of the number of flowers planted along the street by Mrs. Philip Queal. Her husband was a Fort Mitchell City Clerk for 50 years.

 

The City of Fort Mitchell was incorporated on Valentine's Day in 1910	Long-time Fort Mitchell area resident August Hauer remembered the Civil War; his 1943 interview - he was 84 - is here.
“A new civic group will spearhead the battle of Ft. Mitchell's citizens against the proposed Greater Cincinnati Airport Highway.  Property owners contend that the express highway would reduce property values and cut the community in half. According to reports at the meeting, about 13 persons would be “punished” by having the high way cut across or cut through their property.”  Cincinnati Enquirer, April 5, 1949
You can read Mr. John R. Blakely's The Early History and Development of Ft. Mitchell, a paper presented top the Gist Historical Society, here. (pdf)	Park Hills incorporated as a real city on June 28, 1927. A history of Park Hills is on the city's web site.
You can read Mrs. Richard Udry's history of Fort Mitchell, South Fort Mitchell and Lakeside Park, from 1940, here.	History of Park Hills Lutheran is here.
Fort Mitchell booming, 1910.
Fort Mitchell looks to expand city limits, 1927	Fort Mitchell and South Fort Mitchell merge, in 1966.
The Official Ft. Mitchell Page is here.	Fort Mitchell auto registrations from 1910 are here.

East Fort Mitchell?
Kentucky Post, October 29, 1927