Newport’s Thompson House is for sale, has rich history of Lincoln, Tommy guns, ghosts, music

By Laura KroegerNKyTribune staff writer

The Thompson House on Third Street facing Newport of the Levee is for sale. Most people remember it as the original Southgate House where bands and singers, known and barely known, made significant impressions on music lovers. At least that’s what realtor Clay Horan keeps hearing.

“As soon as the property went on the market, I got flooded with calls,” says Horan of Newport’s Horan Rosenhagen Real Estate.

“People just wanted to chat about artists they heard there. Or family stories of how their parents met at a concert. Or how some bands made the big time. It’s been an opportunity for people from both sides of the river to reminisce.”…

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