11th & Scott, 1925	“Covington” Exchange, 11th & Scott, 1922

 

Inside the South Exchange, 1915	“South” Exchange, 4th and Court, 1922

 

Dr. George Sperti's (Wikipedia) father, George Sperti, and his business partner and brother Albert Spare. They had a dry cleaning at 5th and Scott Street. From a Facebook post by John Clark

 

The South Exchange in the 1937 Flood. Generators were brought in the insure the phone system remained operative in the event of electrical outages.

 

The South Fort Mitchell Fire Truck was used to pump water from the basement of the Covington South Telephone Exchange in the 1937 Flood.

 

On E 7th St Between Madison & Scott, on the North Side of the Street. Fulton's Fish Market. The Man with the Apron is Albert F Schneider, c. June 1914. Note chickens and a turkey in the cages, and rabbits hanging in the window.	Summe & Ratterman, c. 1914, 224 E. 20th St. That's Gus Summe. Closed in 1965. from a Facebook post by Sandy Koors

Covington Wine and Family Grocery, R. White
Ad from the July 17, 1852 issue of the Covington Journal, which,
ironically, also carried the story of the fire that destroyed it.

 

looking northwest, 2nd between Scott and Court	looking northeast, from 2nd and Scott	looking south, from Suspension bridge
Champion Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage

 

Fourth & Scott, c. 1910	Larry Schewalbach's Grocery, 1301 Scott, c. 1950 From a Facebook post by Steve Schwalbach	Union Light, Heat & Power, a.k.a. the Traction Building

A. Meier & Company, Brick makers
at the foot of Wallace Avenue
From a Facebook post by Kathleen Lemmons Hoffman

 

Colonial Gas Station at 1061 Scott, 1930's.

 

George Massman's Drug Store, 11th & Greenup
From a Facebook post by Dale Ashcraft, whose Uncle, Herbert Andrew Hahn is on the left.

 

The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, the A&P
7th and Scott, April, 1935
From a Facebook post by Bonnie Hoffman

Four Views of the Boros Brothers Building, at 116-120 E. Second Street, April, 1986.
Barry Pepper was the photographer of these scenes.

 

New Hotel at 6th and Scott?
(always take going-to-be stories with a skeptical eye)

 

Lovell and Buffington Tobacco, Company 235 Scott	Lovell and Buffington, Tobacco Dealers 229-235 Scott in Covington

Manufacturers of Fountain Fine Cut, Bull Dog Twist, Bull Dog Cut Plug, White Seal Long Cut

Lovell and Buffington were one of the few independent buyers of tobacco in the Tobacco Wars of 1908.

 

Eastern Avenue at Durrett
The 1930 Covington City Plan cited this building
as a bad example: a business in a residential neighborhood.
A big thanks to Joyce Snow and her friends for identifying the location.

 

Kay's Laundry and Dry Cleaning,  c. 1950 204 Greenup Street	Sanitary Laundry, 1921 210-12 Greenup Street

 

Kays Laundry 1937 Flood Souvenir. from a Facebook post by Michelle Edmonds

 

Malart's, 8th & Greenup	Massman's Drug Store, s.e.c. 11th & Greenup From a Facebook post by Dale Ashcraft	Mi Co Meter Company 231 Court

 

Davezac's Building on Court Street, 1892	Sidener Publishing 1333 Scott Blvd.

 

	Milward & Oldershaw was  a pork slaughtering house.  Details here, here, here, and here!
Milward & Oldershaw, circa 1850 Between Robbins and Eleventh, on the Licking. They slaughtered 3,000 hogs daily here.  The building burned down in 1857.	Detailed drawings of the hog butchering process in 1873 are here.
“Covington has slaughtered 17,500 hogs this season” Courier-Journal, January 10, 1870

 

George “Cyclone” Maher
Read a little more about this famous Covington cyclist here.

 

Roland Cab, 107 E. 5th Street, 1940	Larry Blank's Covington Cycles, 31 E. 5th Street, 1940

 

Michaels Art Bronze Co, c. 1940 3rd & Scott	The Kenworth Shoe Company 1922, 515 Scott Street, Makers of high grade shoes for ladies	Advance Millwork 800 Garrard

 

Joe's Super Station had its grand opening on June 26, 1931 at Third and Greenup. It featured “a special greasing and alemiteing [Wikipedia] department, auto top repair, battery and tire service, etc. United Petroleum Fleet Wing Ethyl and high grade oils will be handled exclusively.”

 

Hemingray's on Second Street at Scott, Manufacturers of Electric Insulators

 

R. A. Jones, c. 1940 15th & Kendall	The Moser Bros Co., Inc. s.w. corner 2nd & Greenup	Covington Coal and Sand Co. Offices, 509-511 Madison Elevator, 13th St & Licking River

“The boiler in Phelps & Jordan's Rolling Mill at Covington exploded at noon to-day, and destroyed the building.  Eight persons were dangerously wounded, and a great many were injured, as about 200 persons were working at and around the building.  The boiler was carried 200 feet and fell into the Licking River.  The explosion is attributed to the neglect of the engineer.” from the New York Times, April 6, 1853

“The Covington Glass Works turn out fruit jars at the rate of 10,000 a day.” from the Covington Journal, July 17, 1869

A $250,000 fire destroys the Kenton Woolen Mills in 1867, here.

O. P. Fairchild

We find th1s one a puzzler. It's from an ad from Billboard, in August, 1895. The Covington City Directory lists Fairchild as a “Licensed City Bill Poster, Distributor and General Advertising” at 24 E. 5th, but that picture looks like it cuts off the ad on the right, and we're clueless if that part of the image on the right refers to him or not.