Kemper Log House

The Kemper Log House is a two-story, double pen log house,[1] which was built in 1804 by the Reverend James Kemper on Kemper Lane, in the Walnut Hills neighborhood. It was occupied by members of the Kemper family until 1897.[2] It is one of the oldest houses built in Cincinnati, Ohio that is still standing. The house was moved in 1912 to the Cincinnati Zoo[3] and then relocated at Heritage Village Museum in Sharon Woods.[4] Its operation is coordinated with Historic Southwest Ohio, which maintains the village.

Front view of Kemper Log House
Side view of Kemper Log House

References
  1. Larkin, Jack (2006). "Where We Lived: Discovering the Places We Once Called Home : the American Home from 1775 to 1840". Taunton Press. p. 250. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  2. "Kemper Log House (1804)". The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1943). "Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors". p. 289. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  4. "Kemper House". Heritage Village. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

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