9575 Cunningham Rd., Indian Hill, $5,975,000
Photograph courtesy Cincy Visuals / Sibcy Cline Photography
In 1928, Bernard H. Kroger was closing out his career as a wildly successful grocery magnate. Having just sold the controlling interest in his eponymous company, he proceeded to build this magnificent 19-room home in Indian Hill for his daughter, Gretchen Kroger Barnes Graf.
Designed by Guy C. Burroughs and set on 13 wooded acres, the white-painted brick home is an extraordinary example of the Colonial Revival Style, which draws on Georgian, Federal, and even Dutch Colonial styles and is characterized by columned porches, Palladian windows (a three-paneled window with a larger, arched center), and gabled roof lines. Indeed, this structure is on the National Register of Historic Places as a significant representation of that style.
Photograph courtesy Cincy Visuals / Sibcy Cline Photography
The home’s eight bedrooms and seven full baths (plus three half-baths) isn’t too unusual for The Village of Indian Hill, but this house also features a library, a solarium, a screened porch, and a greenhouse (attached to the four-car garage, which also houses a two-bedroom apartment upstairs). It’s spacious and distinctive, characterized by original woodwork, cabinetry, and iron and tile work. Even the kitchen retains some of its 1928 styling, with Viking equipment behind the original refrigerator facade.
Photograph courtesy Cincy Visuals / Sibcy Cline Photography
Outside, the plot thickens: A glorious 1970 guest house and villa, designed by local architect and artist Theodore Gantz, abuts a private one-acre lake. The peaceful park-like setting doubles down on the luxury of this structure, which is decorated with Italian-style sculptures and surrounded by gardens, terraces, and statuary.
All told, it’s a remarkable property with a cool local pedigree. And its buyer will need to be uncommon as well: Someone in the market for a nearly $6 million listing who is also open to maintaining its historic significance.
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