Historic old home of James and Sarah Clay(daughter of notorious Cassius M. Clay(minister to Russia during the Lincoln administration), who contributed certain ideas for the house reflecting her European travels with her father) Bennett. The two-and-one-half-story asymmetrical brick structure is finished by a high-hipped roof of slate with flared eaves and a crenelated roof comb. A two-story turret has a domedroof with flared, overhanging eaves. The prominent Cincinnati architect Samuel E des Jardins, was engaged to draw plans for the house of Queen Ann style with Romanesque detailing....
