Mansions of Lafayette Avenue featured on CPA House Tour

Three historic houses in Clifton will be featured at the Cincinnati Preservation Association’s 2014 Mansions of Lafayette Avenue House Tour. The tour, which requires advance reservations, is from 1 to 5 p.m. May 10.
 
The houses range in style, but all were built in the mid- to late 1800s. Two (Oakwood and Scarlet Oaks) are on the National Register of Historic Places, and two were built for “barons of Clifton.”
 
Oakwood, a Norman Revival style home that was built in 1866, has been on the National Register since 1972. Constructed for Henry Probasco, it was designed by William Tinsley and built by Isaac Graveson. The house sits on 20 acres of land, and is built from limestone and sandstone.  
 
Scarlet Oaks, which was built in 1870, is a High Victorian Gothic mansion that was designed by James K. Wilson for George Shoenberger. The two-and-a-half-story house has been used as a sanitarium, and is currently a retirement home affiliated with the Deaconess Hospital.
 
The last home, Stonehedge, is a Swiss Chalet with Arts and Crafts flavor home that was built in 1887. Plympton & Trowbridge were the architects, and it was built for Harries C. and Elizabeth J. Hulbert.
 
For tickets, call 513-721-4506 or order online at cincinnatipreservation.org. Tickets are $25 for CPA members and $30 for guests or nonmembers.
 
Will call and parking will be available at the Cincinnati Woman’s Club. The tour is sponsored by Kroger, Cincinnatihistorichomes.com, Crapsey & Gilles, ArchitectsPlus and Hincon, Inc.
 
By Caitlin Koenig
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