Historic
Views of Wallace Woods
| The Shillito Cottage | Edgewood
| The Hatfield Home
Historic Views
of Wallace Woods
Wallace Avenue
around 1894 Photo from Kenton Co. Public Library
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Wallace Avenue,
1913 Postcard Photo from Kenton Co. Public Library
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The Shillito "Cottage", Greenup Street <BACK
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Mary Creighton Wallace Shillito
Photo from Kenton Co. Public Library archives
Mary Creighton
Wallace Shillito was the daughter of Robert Wallace. In 1854, Wallace
gave her the deed to land on Greenup Street. She and her husband John,
owner of the Shillito's Department store (now Lazarus) in Cincinnati,
built a home there around 1859. Until the opening of the Suspension
Bridge in 1866, going back and forth between business and home required
crossing the Ohio River by ferry.
Photo published
with permission from owner |
Modern Photo
of Shillito home |
The photo of the
cottage prior to 1900 shows that the house appears to sit on street
level, whereas today its grounds rise above the street. This is because
the 2300 block of Greenup was so steep that horses had a hard time
pulling wagons up it. The 2200 block was dug down to ease the grade
around the turn of the 20th century.
Edgewood
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Photo from
Kenton Co. Public Library archives |
Modern Photo
of Edgewood |
This house was
built by William Simrall around 1860 and was purchased by his son,
Charles B. Simrall. In 1917, fire destroyed the upper stories of the
house. Robert Holmes served as the architect for the re-building,
which gave the house the look it has today.
The Hatfield Home, Wallace
Avenue
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The Hatfield home was built around 1890. It was purchased by James T.
Hatfield, who owned the Hatfield Coal Company. The home was inhabited
by his descendants until the 1980s. (Present owners are not from
the Hatfield family.)
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The 'Hatfield' home circa 1900's
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The Hatfield House in
1989 covered in stucco |
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The Hatfield House being de-stuccoed in 1989
------ > picture as of 2001 |
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Mr. And Mrs.
J.T. Hatfield in their parlor year
unknown
Photo from Kenton Co. Public Library archives |
The Hatfield
heirs present Frederic Remington's sculpture "The Bronco Buster"
(from Hatfield's personal collection) to President Gerald
Ford in memory of J.T. Hatfield, 1976
Photo from Kenton Co. Public Library archives(Official White
House Photo)
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