This intriguing property had seen many faces pass across its threshold throughout the years. In the 1950s, several of the downstairs rooms were rented out and used as a boarding house, while the right-hand porch purportedly served as a beauty salon for a brief time.
Following Kent’s visit to the villa, it was sadly cleared of all of the intriguing personal items and curios that rendered it so mysterious.
In 2017, the Louisville Downtown Development Authority acquired control of the building, aiming to stabilise it to prevent catastrophic disintegration in the coming years.