Inverness Country Club
Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, 22 July 1900
Yesterday afternoon, the formal opening of the Inverness Country
Clubhouse, so picturesquely situated in the Highlands took place. Flags and
bunting were displayed in pleasing style and delicious refreshments were served
in the house and on the broad galleries, while entrancing music was rendered by
Schaffer's Orchestra. The Reception Committee was composed of Mrs. R Grattan
Noland, Mrs. Judge Charles J Helm, Mrs. George Wiedemann and Mrs. William
Dohrmann.
The young ladies who assisted in reciving were Nazzie Bigstaff, Helen Underwood, Elizabeth Westfall, Bettie Prague, Hallie Southgate, Nellie Hood, Sue Boyd and Drue Underwood.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 24 February 1906, page 5
The entertaining committee of the Inverness Country Club will give a masquerade dance at the club on Monday evening.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 3 January 1910, page 5
FAMOUS CLUB BURNED
The Fire King evidently did not carry a happy New Year to the
Inverness Club in the Kentucky Highlands, for at 7 pm Saturday night his cohorts
swept down on the famous club building and today charred ruins tell the tale of
his devastation. Eighty-five young people, members of the Diplomat Club of
Covington, were anticipating a New Years Night spread and dance at the beautiful
club, but many of them, supper less and disappointed, were compelled to watch the
lurid familes lick up the last hope of the festivities.
The fire started from the explosion of an acetylene gas lamp which had been lighted in the ballroom. Allie L Gray, of 4 Woodlawn av. Ft Thomas, owner and David Satchwell, caretaker, were in the room at the time and were seriously burned by the flames following the explosion. Gray is at his home in Ft Thomas suffering from severe burns about the head an shoulders and Satchwell is in Speers Hospital, Dayton Ky. seriously burned but it is believe that both men will recover.
The property valued at $3000 was totally destroyed and was covered by $1500 insurance. The club had been rented for several months ahead for dances and suppers and Gray will lose heavily on account of the fire. Residents of Kenton and Campbell cos. originally constructed and furnished the clubhouse at a cost of $15,000 and for the past ten years it has been the scene of many of Kentucky's gayest social functions.