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5 shrubs, led from the entrance to the river bank. The property formerly j
C extended to what is now Elm Street on the south, to the Ohio River on the
Q north and to Kenner Street on the east. There is no road along the western
y side of the plot. A space near the south side of the property, at the l
i eastern extremity, was occupied by a small, summer house, where, before ,
g the Civil War, part of the cooking was done.
3 The interior design of the house provided for a central hall with 1
two large rooms on either side. These rooms were each twenty—two feet long, f
_ eighteen feet wide, and had ceilings fifteen feet in height. Plaster E
3 cornices in the hall and ornaments decorating the ceilings of these large 1
Y rooms were done in Greek Revival style and add to the interesting character j
¢ of the house. Two smaller rooms adjoined the main structure and opened on `
j the south porch. One of these, to the east, formerly was used as a dining j
g room while the other, at the west side, served as the kitchen. The base- ~
5 ment, which formerly provided living quarters for the slaves, was dry and ’
S airy, with wood floors.
é The building was erected in 1832 by a man named Kenner, of Baton A
§ Rouge, Louisiana, who called the place Somerset Hall. Mr. Kenner retained _
8 ownership only a few years, however, for many of his slaves yielded to the ’
T- temptation of escaping to the beckoning, free country on the northern .
shore of the Ohio. He sold the estate to William Ludlow and later it was I R
·A purchased by a Cincinnati jeweler named Jenkins. The house assumed its
present name in 1885 when it was bought by A. B. Closson, Junior. _
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