Black plaque № 46647

Senator Richard P. Ernst (1858-1934) / Ernst Mansion. Born in Covington, Ernst was a lawyer, banker, philanthropist, & women’s-rights proponent. Leader of the Covington YMCA for 42 years, he was a member of the Kenton Co. Bar Assoc. & Industrial Club. U.S. Senator, 1921-1927. Camp Ernst founder. Die

d in Baltimore 1934, interred Highland Cem., Fort Mitchell, Ky. (Reverse) Built for the John Matson family c. 1890, the mansion was the residence of Sen. Richard Pretlow Ernst, 1906-1934. A brick vers

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