Ghost Signs of Northern Kentucky

 

Latonia, a neighborhood of Covington. 

Tim's closed down before the pandemic.

Note the details, like the Latonia sign, and the L&N locomotive. L&N stood for Louisville and Nashville.)

And directly across the street from Tim's was John's.

From Covington, we skip over to Newport:

The original sign for Newport's famed Green Derby has been uncovered as the tavern undergoes renovations.

(This one we've featured before.)

Back west, to Ludlow:

And then skipping back east to West Covington, for the piece de la resistance.

A cornerstone marks the building as erected in 1867, but we suspect the beer sign isn't that old.

We still can't tell what kind of beer was advertised at what is now the Playhouse Bar.

Love the Cov

Not a real ghost sign. As 5chw4r7z calls it, a fauxst sign.

And it replaced this.

Some very kind preservation. 

Also some restoration.

A revisit.

Followed by some very faded new discoveries:

Newport, KY

Found these in May.

They were gone by mid-June.

Reader Submission

Direct from Augusta, KY, courtesy of Ms. S. Fleming.

Ludlow

At the corner of Elm and Kenner, in downtown Ludlow, KY.

The pharmacy has moved on.

I suspect this sign was painted to celebrate an anniversary.

But, historically, there was a sign painted on this wall.

Northern Kentucky Views has a photo. It looks to be from the 1960s or 1970s.

If you poke around that site, you'll find more than a couple of other ghost signs before they became ghost signs.

Bellevue

On the main drag in Bellevue, Kentucky.

We have no idea what it was for, but we've posted worse.

Just Passing Through

Louisville, we'll have to come see you sometime.

From earlier this summer.