The 40th annual Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Historic Preservation Awards will be presented in Frankfort on Wednesday afternoon at the Berry Hill Mansion. Among this year’s winners are a Newport couple. Michael and Catherine McElwain will receive the Service to Preservation Award, which is given to those who have demonstrated a strong commitment to […]
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Bradford on Scott Nears Completion, Retail Tenant Announced
A ribbon will be cut on Thursday to open the latest redevelopment project in downtown Covington. The Bradford Building on the 300 block of Scott Boulevard joins a growing list of historic properties seeing new life in the city. The Catalytic Fund and Orleans Development joined with Heritage Bank and the City of Covington […]
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River Cities Preservation Award Winners Announced
Historic preservation in Northern Kentucky’s river cities will be celebrated Wednesday during the 2019 River Cities Excellence in Preservation Awards ceremony. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. at 1001 Monmouth St., a building recently restored by Newport Millennium Housing Corp. and one of this year’s award winners. Covington, Newport, and Bellevue celebrate the awards each […]
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Eight NKY Sites on State Historic Preservation Tour
A new statewide heritage tourism program is underway and four Northern Kentucky counties are part of it. Kentucky has more sites on the National Register of Historic Places than forty-six other states. To raise awareness, Preservation Kentucky launched Tour120, which references the state’s 120 counties and which launches this weekend. May is National Historic Preservation […]
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Ludlow Building Was Set to Be Razed, Will Now Be Developed
In February, the City of Ludlow was prepared to send the building commonly referred to as Ernie’s to its end. The city paid $20,000 for the property at 333-335 Elm Street but no projects ever emerged and earlier this year, Mayor Josh Boone said that it was too far gone to be saved. So, the […]
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Events Planned for Roebling Bridge, Even Though It’s Closed Still
Several events are planned for the Roebling Suspension Bridge between Covington and Cincinnati this month, even though the span is currently closed to vehicular traffic while the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet investigates an issue with the structure. Bridge tours start on May 11, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. The tours will detail the bridge’s history and […]
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Photos: Urban Living Tour of Mainstrasse Village
The Catalytic Fund’s semi-annual Beyond the Curb event returned to Covington over the weekend, showcasing Mainstrasse Village on its urban living tour. More than six hundred people attended. RCN’s Brian Frey produced these photos.
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Former Eilerman’s Store in Newport to Become 20 Lofts
818 Monmouth Street in Newport is the historic home to one of Northern Kentucky’s most beloved twentieth century retail establishments, Eilerman’s. The clothing store for men and boys operated locations in Covington (at Pike Street and Madison Avenue where US Bank now operates) as well as Xenia, Ohio, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis, according to the Encyclopedia of Northern […]
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Mainstrasse Mural to Be Removed, Remembered to Make Way for Mixed-Use Development
For nearly ten years, the mural named “An Epic of Time and Town” has captured the attention of visitors to Covington’s Mainstrasse Village. On Sunday, the city and the developer of a forthcoming mixed-use residential and commercial project will bid the image farewell. The mural will be decommissioned during an event on Sunday, April 28. […]
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Covington Rename Part of Street in Honor of Ladies Home Founder
When the Ohio River reached then-record levels in 1884, the catastrophic flood displaced thousands of Covington residents. The plight of elderly women – including Civil War widows and so-called “spinsters” – was particularly desperate, given the conventions of that era which severely limited their independence and financial wherewithal. So Ellen Battelle Dietrick took action. Having […]