Aerial Views, Newport, Kentucky

The building in the distance, on the hill, is Saint Martins Academy. You're looking mostly east, a little south. The building was also known as the Thomas Laurens Jones Mansion. It was built by Mary Keturah Taylor, granddaughter of the founding father of Newport, James Taylor. It was built in 1853. When the Taylors passed on, it was sold to the Archdiocese of Covington, and served for years as a home for the Sisters of Divine Providence. It's also been a school for girls, a convent, a home for working women, and a retirement home for women. In 1975 it housed Vietnamese refugees. It was sold in 1976, and razed to make way for K-Mart. Progress . . .


Newport, 1907. We've lost a lot of steeples in the last 100 years.	Bird's Eye View of Newport


Newport, c. 1835 A painting by John Caspar Wild	Newport, 1848, from an engraving for the Gentleman's Magazine


An engraving showing Newport in 1850	Newport, 1856, from an engraving by Derby & Bradley	Newport, as shown in an engraving from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, April 16, 1853

That's the Purple People Bridge on the left, and the
Taylor-Southgate on the right. Currently the site of the Newport Levee.


Newport, 1943	In the 1948 Flood	1951


Aerial View of Newport	Aerial View of Riverfront, 1985

"Newport Travellodge, Third and York Streets, Newport, Kentucky, conveniently located only three minutes from the heart of downtown Cincinnati and a short walk across the Broadway Bridge to the new Riverfront Stadium and Coliseum.

Newport Travellodge is air conditioned. Has an outdoor swimming pool and color television, Meeting and banquet rooms are available for receptions, business, or convention needs. A cocktail lounge and restaurant is part of this comfortable motel.

For your next reservation phone (toll-free) 800-255-3050. You'll enjoy your visit to Newport Travellodge."