Lincliff

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Lincliff is a Georgian house in Glenview , Kentucky ( USA ), a small town east of Louisville , where wealthy residents began to build their homes around 1900. Lincliff was built in 1911-1912 in the style of the Colonial Revival and on August 16, 1983 was added to the National Register of Historic Places . The house has not been changed since it was entered in the register.

description

Lincliff is a three-story building with a gable roof , the facade of which is equipped with extensive stucco work . The roof is interrupted by dormers and chimneys. The window sills, lintels and corner stones are made of limestone . The floor plan shows a rather simple entrance on the south side. This leads to a compact vestibule and the stairwell, which is connected to a transverse corridor, on one side of which there are north-facing windows. This hallway has a carved, tiled banded ceiling and ends at the west end of the house in a salon and at the east end in the kitchen wing.

On the north side of the house, a stone terrace offers a view of the Ohio River . The house is surrounded by an extensive garden that was laid out in the 1940s and 1950s by Louisville landscape architect Mary Louise Speed. There are still two cottages on the property , which were built at the same time and were probably used to accommodate servants, such as a gardener or a caretaker.

The property was hailed as one of the finest examples of the lavishly designed homes built around Louisville between the American Civil War and World War I , particularly east of downtown Louisville , when it entered the register . The entry in the register states, "Lincliff emphasizes the aspirations of its builders in a way that, while sometimes lavish to the point of extravagance, maintains an appropriate attitude of tradition, restraint and function".

Originally 50 acres in size, the property was later divided and is now 15 acres.

history

Lincliff was built for William R. Belknap, director of one of the largest tool retailers in the Midwest at the time . Belknap commissioned the local architects Kenneth McDonald (1852-1940) and William J. Dodd (1862-1930) to design Lincliff. Prominent in Louisville history, the Belknap family gave their name to the main campus of the University of Louisville . William R. Belknap died in 1914 and the family sold the property in 1922. C. Edwin Gheens, co-owner of a candy factory, bought Lincliff in 1945 with his wife. She lived there until her death in 1982.

Helen Combs bought the house in 1983. Combs has renovated several such properties in Louisville to save them from demolition or conversion into apartments, including Rostrevor, Gardencourt and Boxhill . After the renovation, Combs lived in the house for a few years.

The property was later acquired by the writer Sue Grafton .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lincliff NRHP Inventory Form ( English , PDF; 310 kB) National Register of Historic Places . August 16, 1983. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 12, 2016
  3. ↑ "Lincliff emphasizes the aspirations of its builders in a manner which, although sometimes lavish to the point of extravagance, maintains a proper attitude of tradition, restraint, and task."
  4. ↑ a b Nina Walfoort: Woman saves stately homes (English) , The Courier-Journal . March 1, 1999, p. 1A. 
  5. ↑ Kilgore Garden Tour is this weekend (English) , Voice Tribune. May 4, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2009. 

Coordinates: 38 ° 17 ′ 45 "  N , 85 ° 39 ′ 45"  W.