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| name = Lincliff
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 | lat_degrees = 38
  | lat_minutes = 17
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William R. Belknap died in 1914, and the Belknap family sold the estate in 1922. In 1945, C. Edwin Gheens, owner of Bradas and Gheens Candy Company, purchased Lincliff with his wife. She lived in the house until her death in 1982.<ref name="nrhp" /> 




Helen Combs purchased the house in 1983. Combs was well known in Louisville for restoring, often saving from destruction or conversion to apartments, numerous Louisville mansions including Rostrevor, [[Gardencourt]] and [[Boxhill]]. Her renovation of Lincliff was featured as the 1983 [[Bellarmine University|Bellarmine]]  Women's Council Designer's Show House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellarmine.edu/alumni/womenscouncil/pages/PastYears1979-1983.htm|title=omen's Council Designer's Show House|publisher=Bellarmine University|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> Combs lived in Lincliff for several years after restoring it.<ref name="cj99">{{cite news|title=Woman saves stately homes|publisher=[[Courier-Journal]]|date=1999-03-01|author=Walfoort, Nina|pages=1A}}</ref>

The original 50 acre estate has gradually been subdivided, but the property retains 15 acres.<ref name="cj99" />

==References==
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[[Category:Houses in Louisville]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Louisville]]