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The original Look-Out House, with the cupola from which
patrons could "look out." You can read that is was used as a
lookout post in the Civil War, but the cupola was added in 1887, so,
no. Originally the sight of Rush's Tavern, a brick structure,
the place was bought in 1886 by a German locksmith named Alois
Hampel, who tore down the earlier building and built the one you see
above above. Hampel died in 1912, and the place was sold to
Bill Hill. Hill made a success of the place, and sold it in
1933 to Jimmy Brinks. Brinks is the man under which it made
its reputation. Brink's place was based an expansion of the
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Bill Hill's Lookout House
View of the Main Dining Room of Bill
Hill's Historic Lookout House
on the Dixie Highway, Covington, KY. Spacious, cool, restful,
subdued in atmosphere and permeated with the hospitality for
which Kentucky is famous. The home of those good Chicken, Steak and
Frog Leg Dinners - prepared and served just as you would expect
them to be in "Old Kentucky."
Cuisine Unsurpassed * Music Par Excellence
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Lookout House, Showplace |
"Earl Arnold, with his popular dance orchestra is playing to increased crowds each week at Bill Hill's Lookout House, Dixie Highway, Covington, Kentucky" |
Jimmy Brink's Lookout House
Jimmy Brink leaving the Kefauver Commission hearings, left.
That's the Senate Sgt-at-Arms, Joseph Duke, on the right
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The 1951
Kefauver Commission's Report
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Jimmy Brink's Lookout House had a |
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Lookout House, New Years |
The Lookout House donated |
An aerial view of the Lookout House, 1952
note St. Agnes in the upper right
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The Lookout House |
The Lookout House
(front and back) |
The Schilling Lookout House burns down, August 14, 1973 |
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Lookout House Luncheon Menu
A little background on the Lookout House is here
"There was a fine attendance at the Lookout House last
evening. The German
band gave selections from Italian opera" from The
Cincinnati Commercial, August 8, 1877
