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{{Infobox nrhpNRHP
| name = Lincliff
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| image = 
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 | lat_degrees = 38
  | lat_minutes = 17
  | lat_seconds = 45
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The property was listed as being significant because it is one of the finest example of the lavish houses built around Louisville, especially east of [[Downtown Louisville]], between the [[American Civil War]] and [[World War 
1I]]. According to its official inventory, "Lincliff emphasizes the aspirations of its builders in a manner which, although sometimes lavish to the point of extravagance, maintains a proper attitude of tradition, restraint, and task".<ref name="nrhp" />

The original {{convert|50|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate has gradually been subdivided, but the property retains {{convert|15|acre|m2}}.<ref name="cj99" />

==History==
Lincliff was built in 1911-12 for [[William R. Belknap]], president of [[Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company|W. B. Belknap and Company]], then one of the largest wholesale hardware firms in the Midwest. The Belknap family is prominent in Louisville history, and lends its name to the main campus of the [[University of Louisville]]. William R. Belknap hired local architects Kenneth McDonald (1852-–1940) and [[William J. Dodd]] (1862-–1930) to design Lincliff.<ref name="nrhp" />

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" /> 

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

[[de:Lincliff]]