City Hall, Newport
Newport City Hall. 1909
Public Library, Newport
Opened June 25, 1902
An illustrated history of the Newport Library has
recently been published. Details are
here.
US Post Office, Newport
11-5-1914, Mrs. Hamilton, 203 Midland Avenue,
Syracuse, NY
Am Visiting here. I find it a pretty little place. Mrs. Karl
Reynolds
US Post Office,
Newport
Dedicated February 1, 1901
The Old Newport Post Office
The List of Uncalled for Letters ( "Gents,
Ladies, and Germans" ) at the
Newport Post Office on June 2, 1883, is
here.
Amusing Courtroom exchange in Newport, in 1870, here.
from the Kentucky State Journal, June 26, 1883:
"A little unpleasantness took place this morning in front of
the Post-office in which a prominent businessman of this city
knocked
down Frank Milich for calling him a d--n liar. No arrests."
The Old Newport Courthouse
built in 1801
Courthouse
Thanks to R. J. Yoder for the above image!
Court House, Newport
A brief article from 1916 on Newport's first court house and city building is here. (pdf)
Court House in the 1937 Flood
| "In the Newport (Ky.) Council, on Thursday night, the Jail Committee reported that they had discharged all the prisoners in the jail, four or five, in consequence of the city not having money enough to buy fuel to keep them warm." NY Times, February 3, 1857 |
The story of a merciful grand jury of 1897 is here.
Info on earlier Campbell Courts, here.
Newport Fire Department
| Pat Gerrein Emark tells me: "That's Wilbur (Fritz) Gerrein behind the wheel of the firetruck. The white-haired gentleman on the right (holding two hoses) is Pat Henzerling (sp?), and I believe the guy in the white hat w. a bowtie could be Henry Wheitholder (sp?) who was fire chief when our dad died in 1966. I believe Henry's son, Tommy, may have followed in his dad's footsteps to become chief, or assistant cheif, or at least a firefighter. The picture was taken behind the firehouse that was on 4th street. It would be hard to guess the year - you might add ten years to the year of the cars parked there...most fire fighters couldn't afford a car that was less than 10 years old! My guess would be between 1950-1964 (wide range!)." |
left, Newport Fire Department,
1907
right, Newport Police Department, 1900
Newport Fire Department, 1941
A key to who's in the picture is here.
Newport Waterworks, 1942
from the Kentucky State Journal, July 7, 1883
"Charles Erb was fined seven dollars and costs by Squire Clary for
using language to provoke a breach of the peace on
Mr. Grumley. He will have a hearing Tuesday on
the charge of evading toll on the Covert Run Turnpike."
