Resources
City of Newport Scott Clark, Historic Preservation Office
998 Monmouth St, Newport, KY 41017
Phone: 859-292-3666 Email: sclark@newportky.gov Website: https://www.newportky.gov/220/Historic-Preservation
City of Covington Kaitlin Bryan, Historic Preservation Officer
20 West Pike Street, Covington, KY 41011
Phone: 859-292-2171 Email: Kaitlin.Bryan@covingtonky.gov Website: https://thecovky.gov/historic-preservation/
Cincinnati Preservation Association Beth Johnson, Executive Director
Phone: 513-721-4506 Email: beth.johnson@cincinnatipreservation.org Website: www.cincinnatipreservation.org
Kentucky Heritage Council The Barstow House
410 High Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-7005 Website: www.heritage.ky.gov
City of Cincinnati, Historic Conservation Office Doug Owen, Urban Conservator Phone: 513-352-4848 Website: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/historic-conservation/
American Sign Museum
Behringer-Crawford Museum
Boone County Historic Preservation Review Board
Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society
Cincinnati History Library and Archives at CMC
Cincinnati Observatory
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
Dayton Heritage Museum
Dinsmore Homestead
Gaines Tavern
Fort Thomas Conservancy - Harlan Hubbard Studio
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Newport History Museum at the Southgate School
Sons of the American Revolution
Northern Kentucky University - Public History Program
Over-the-Rhine Museum
Located at the crossroads of American history, art, science, food, and commerce is a can’t-miss homage to a distinctly American art form. The American Sign Museum puts our country's entrepreneurship, ingenuity, and design on full display for all to experience. We exist to explore the crucial role that signage played in shaping our nation's distinct culture, and to deliver a deeper appreciation for the innovative spirit and technical breakthroughs that made it happen. Whether looking for a light show or a history lesson, the American Sign Museum is a quintessential stop for those looking to experience America at its brightest.
Behringer-Crawford Museum, perched in scenic Devou Park in Covington, KY, is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the unique arts, heritage and culture of Northern Kentucky as part of the Ohio Valley.
Founded in the former Eubank-Devou family 19th century home, the museum opened to the public in 1950 as a natural history museum based on the collections of William Behringer, an avid collector, traveler, diarist, and Covington resident, featuring fossils, minerals, animal specimens and other oddities from his world travels.
Today it has evolved into an interactive. multi-dimensional cultural center offering education, art, music, and history to generations of visitors and schoolchildren.
Take a stroll through Behringer-Crawford Museum, and you'll discover interesting facts and fascinating exhibits that tell the story of Northern Kentucky's history from prehistoric times to the present.
The Historic Preservation Review Board oversees historic preservation policy in the county. Their responsibilities include enforcement of the Boone County Cemetery Preservation Plan, ongoing survey and documentation of historic and prehistoric resources in Boone County, the development of a plan to strengthen historic preservation efforts in the county, providing technical assistance to owners of historic properties, and providing heritage education to both children and adults. The Review Board is staffed part-time by a Historic Preservation Planner employed by the Boone County Planning Commission.
Founded in 1990, our mission is to foster and promote public knowledge of and interest in the history and culture of the people of Campbell County and related areas through the collection, preservation, interpretation, documentation, and exhibition of written and tangible materials.
Since 1831 the Cincinnati History Library and Archives has been collecting and preserving materials related to the Greater Cincinnati area, the state of Ohio and the Old Northwest Territory. Today, it houses one of the most significant regional history collections in the United States with thousands of books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, photographs and films.
The Cincinnati Observatory is the center for education, history, and inspiration. Learn more about our philosophy toward public engagement and our mission to get everyone to look through a telescope to have a "WOW" moment with the universe.
With over 130 years of tradition, more than one million members admitted since its founding, a vast array of service work, a historic National Headquarters building with extraordinary collections and countless activities taking place locally, nationally and globally, there is much to learn about the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The organization was founded in 1890 with the mission of promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism. These timeless, overarching principles keep the DAR strong and vitally relevant in this ever-changing world.
Dayton Heritage Museum upholds the historic aspects of Dayton, Kentucky.
We are a historic home in Boone County that tells the story of nineteenth-century women, enslaved men, women and children, immigrants, middle-class life, and agriculture through artifacts and primary source material left by the Dinsmore family.
Abner Gaines House was built in 1814 by Abner Gaines and purchased by the City of Walton, Kentucky in 2007. The original property was given as payment to an officer in the Revolutionary War while Kentucky was still part of Orange County, Virginia. Records show a tavern was run at this site before the house was built and that the City of Walton was at one time called Gaines Crossing.
Abner Gaines is credited with being instrumental in starting the stagecoach for Northern Kentucky, with his home also serving as a stagecoach stop on the Cincinnati to Lexington route.
The house has been used for many things over the years before it was purchased and restored by the city. It was closed for 7 years and has, as of 2023, reopened for tours and events.
We are an all-volunteer land trust whose mission is to preserve our natural heritage.
A historic site in the Walnut Hills neighborhood - interpretation focuses on two time periods - 1840 and 1940.
JCGC serves the burial needs of the Greater Cincinnati Jewish community while maintaining and preserving 25 historic cemeteries across the region.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum of conscience, an education center, a convener of dialogue and a beacon of light for inclusive freedom around the globe. Today, on the banks of the Ohio River, the Freedom Center stands as a monument to the souls who risked everything in the fight for their freedom and the freedom of others. Through engaging exhibits and special programming, the Freedom Center pursues inclusive freedom by promoting social justice for all, building on the principles of the Underground Railroad.
To honor the students and educators who stepped through the Southgate Street School.
The Sons of the American Revolution is a non-profit, non-secret and non-political organization. Its purposes are historical, educational and patriotic. Our membership is composed of sons of American Revolutionary patriots. These sons are direct descendants of both male and female Revolutionary War patriots and are members of 50 state societies and the District of Columbia. There are also societies in Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and an International Society. Most of our societies are composed of smaller organizational units called chapters. There are more than 500 local and regional S. A. R. Chapters. Individual members normally belong to their local chapter and their state, regional and national societies. Here in Kentucky we have 18 Chapters throughout the Commonwealth.
The Simon Kenton Chapter is a Kentucky Society, Northern Kentucky located, non-political organization, that serves the community with a variety of patriotic, educational and historic themed speakers. The majority of our members (Compatriots) are avid historians who also have a strong interest in genealogical research.
Museums, historic sites, archives, historic preservation, podcasts, and cultural resource management are the realms of public historians. Ninety percent of people get their knowledge of history from sources outside of the classroom, because that’s where history happens: in our states, communities, and even in our own back yards. Public History allows historians to greatly expand beyond the traditional tools of historians to include oral traditions, material culture, technology, and many other aspects of life.
The Over-the-Rhine Museum inspires understanding and respect for the people who have created and lived in Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood by working with community members and visitors to uncover, present, and preserve their stories in an immersive experience.
Cincinnati History Library and Archives at CMC
1301 Western Ave. Suite 2133
Cincinnati, OH 45203
3489 Observatory Pl. Cincinnati, OH 45208
(513) 321-5186
2950 Gilbert Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Christina Hartlieb, 513-751-0651
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 East Freedom Way Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 333-7500
Novella Nimmo-Black
communications@nurfc.org
Newport HIstory Museum at the Southgate School
215 East Southgate Street Newport, KY 41071
Scott Clark
NSSAR Headquarters: 1000 South 4th Street in Louisville, Kentucky 40203
Simon Kenton Chapter SAR website link: http://sksar.org/
Patrick W. Berry, President Simon Kenton Chapter
KSDAR: 323 High St., Paris, KY 40361 USA Linda Conrad, State Regent
Northern Kentucky University - Public History Program
Brian Hackett, Hackettb1@nku.edu
3 W McMicken Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Donna Harris, hello@otrmuseum.org
513-813-7309