Eighth Generation

170. Carl Cyril Anthony BANKEMPER¹⁸⁶ was born on October 23, 1917 in Bellevue, Kentucky, at 319 Fairfield Avenue. He was baptized on November 4, 1917 in Bellevue, Kentucky, at Sacred Heart Church. His godparents were Carl DeJaco and Theresa Bankemper. In 1935, he graduated from Covington Latin School in Covington, Kentucky.

He served in the military from 1943 to 1946 in Sixth U.S. Naval Construction Battalion attached to the First Marine Division. He participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal and Okinawa. He was overseas for 32 months. About 1950 he received a degree in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati and from the University of Illinois. He became a Member Emeritus of the American Institute of Architects, Northern Kentucky Chapter, and was registered in the States of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio. He was also registered with the U.S. Department of Defense as a Radiation Shielding Analyst. Between 1953 and 1983 he is a noted architect in Northern Kentucky area in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky. In 1942 prior to his service with the U.S. Navy in World War II, Carl Bankemper was a draftsman for the American Tool Works in Cincinnati. When he returned from the Navy, he re-started his career as a draftsman working for Harold N. Harmon Co. in Cincinnati from about 1948 until 1951. Around 1952-3 Carl Bankemper and a fellow associate, Fred E. Betz, formed their own architectural firm - Betz, Bankemper & Associates, located in 319 Scott Street in Covington, Kentucky. In May, 1961, Fred Betz left the firm, and Carl C. Bankemper & Associates was established at the same location.

His firm designed several churches, schools, convents, and other buildings for the Diocese of Covington, including the Blessed Sacrament School Addition, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky [1963]; Carmel Manor - Retired Priest Residence, Fort Thomas, Kentucky [1968]; Covington Catholic High School, Park Hills, Kentucky [1953]; Faculty Residence [1960]; Diocesan Catholic Children's Home, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky; Holy Cross Church; Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School, Hebron, Kentucky [1960]; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Elementary school and convent remodeling, Forestville, Kentucky; Marydale Retreat House, Boone County, Kentucky [1955-6]; Marydale Caretaker Residence, Boone County, Kentucky [1956]; Mother of God Rectory remodeling, Covington, Kentucky [1961]; Newman Center; Newport Catholic High School, Principals residence [1968]; Newport Catholic High School, Newport, Kentucky [1953]; Redwood School, Covington, Kentucky; Sacred Heart School Addition, Bellevue, Kentucky [1957-8]; Sacred Heart Parish, New School Building, Bellevue, Kentucky; Sacred Heart, Corbin, Kentucky; Sisters of Notre Dame Provincial House - Joseph Hall, Park Hills, Kentucky [1980]; St. Agnes - Elementary School & Rectory, Lookout Heights, Kentucky [1955]; St. Bernard Rectory, Dayton, Kentucky [1955]; St. Bernard School Building, Convent Alterations, Dayton, Kentucky; St. Catherine of Siena - Church [1962] and Elementary School Additions [1956, 1965], Fort Thomas Kentucky; St. Charles Nursing Home, Covington, Kentucky; St. Edward Church & Rectory, Cynthiana, Kentucky [1966]; St. Francis de Sales School Addition, Newport, Kentucky [1966]; St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, Falmouth, Kentucky [1956]; St. John Parish, School and Convent, Carrollton, Kentucky [1958]; St. Joseph Elementary School, Additions & alterations, Camp Springs, Kentucky [1958]; St. Joseph Church and Rectory, Cold Spring, Kentucky [1959]; Convent [1964]; St. Julian Church Sanctuary Wall, Middlesboro, Kentucky; St. Mary Church, Garage and cemetery, Alexandria, Kentucky [1953]; St. Mary - Elementary School, Alexandria, Kentucky [1960-1]; St. Mary Parish Dining Hall, Morning View, Kentucky [1951]; St. Matthew Elementary School, White Villa, Kentucky [1955]; Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Redevelopment plan, Twelve Mile, Kentucky [1951]; St. Pius X Seminary Building [1956-7]; Gymnasium [1961-2], Boone County, Kentucky ; St. Pius X Elementary School & Rectory, Kenton County, Kentucky [1956-7]; St. Pius X Episcopal Residence, Erlanger, Kentucky; St. Stephen Elementary School remodeling, Newport, Kentucky [1957]; St. Vincent de Paul Church, Newport, Kentucky [1958]; St. William Church and Community Hall, Lancaster, Kentucky [1960] ; St. William Mission - Camp for Boys, Herrington, Kentucky; Mariemont Hospital, Fire Escapes & Minor Revisions, London, Kentucky; and the Taylor Manor Nursing Home, Versailles, Kentucky.

In Ohio, Carl was designer and architect of several other projects, including the La Salle High School, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mount Notre Dame Novitiate, Chapel, High School, Infirmary Building, Dining Room Addition; Our Lady of Loretto; Purcell High School, new kitchen & cafeteria, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sacred Heart of Jesus Church & School Building, Fremont, Ohio; Springfield Catholic High School, Springfield, Ohio; St. Aloysius Church, Sacristy addition, Delhi, Ohio; St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Proposed rectory, Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Clare School addition, Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Columban Church and Elementary School, Loveland, Ohio; St. Francis de Sales High School, Toledo, Ohio; St. Francis de Sales, Brisson Hall, Toledo, Ohio; St. Jude Church & School Building, Toledo, Ohio; St. Margaret Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Philip, Zoar, Ohio; St. Richard Church & School Building, Swanton, Ohio; and Villa Joseph Orphanage, Cincinnati, Ohio

Other designed government, municipal and commercial structures including four Internal Revenue Service locations in Memphis, Tennessee., Washington, D.C., Kansas City, Missouri, and Covington, Kentucky; Boone County Courthouse, Hall of Justice, Courthouse Annex, Administration Building and Jail, Health Clinic, Burlington, Kentucky; City-County Building for Covington and Kenton County, Kentucky; Fort Mitchell Municipal Building, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky; TANK Garage and maintenance facilities, Ft. Wright, Kentucky; Panorama Apartments - East and West Units, Covington, Kentucky; Golden Tower, Covington, Kentucky; Madison Avenue High rise Apartments; Woodspoint Nursing Home, Florence, Kentucky; Rosedale Manor, Covington, Kentucky; Parking Garage, Indianapolis, IN.; Grandle Parking Lot, Columbus, Ohio; Durham Street Corp. Parking Garage; Dixie Terminal renovation [1974], Cincinnati, Ohio; Glenn O. Swing Elementary School, Covington, Kentucky; Holmes High School, Science & Physical Education Building, Covington, Kentucky; Latonia Elementary School, Latonia, Kentucky; Florence Christian Church, Educational Building, Florence, Kentucky; Bank of Dayton, Dayton, Kentucky; Peoples Liberty Bank four locations in Covington, Kentucky; Thomas More College; Independence, Kentucky; Fort Wright, Kentucky; Columbia Federal Savings & Loan, Covington, Kentucky; First Federal Savings & Loan (Preliminary); Ludlow Bank, Ludlow, Kentucky; Campbell Maintenance, Girl Scouts; Catherine Regan Commercial Building, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky; Charles Yost Store & Apartment Building; Dr. Jolson Office, Covington, Kentucky; Grote Pharmacy, Covington, Kentucky; Kentucky Executive Building, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky; Lee J. Vesper, Existing Building, Newport, Kentucky; Madison Building Remodeling, Covington, Kentucky; Pohlmann & Linnemann Post #1484, VFW Hall, Park Hills, Kentucky; Republic Furniture, Covington, Kentucky; Robke Chevrolet, Covington, Kentucky; Rockcastle, Covington, Kentucky; Rust Cafe, remodeling, Newport, Kentucky; Seligman Warehouse; Summit Hills Country Club, Edgewood, Kentucky; SWECO, Florence, Kentucky; Taylor Mill Manor; and the Town & Country Restaurant, Park Hills, Kentucky.

He retired on January 18, 1983. From a Kentucky Post article dated January 19, 1983: RETIRING ARCHITECT HONORED WITH PARTY: Carl Bankemper, probably more than any other living person, has changed the face of northern Kentucky. Bankemper is the architect who designed the Internal Revenue Service center, the St. Pius X parish buildings, the Panorama high-rise apartments, the Covington-Kenton Co. Building, St. Catherine of Siena Church and scores of other public and corporate buildings from California to New York.

In more than three decades of designing, Bankemper worked with a lot of people and made a lot of friends. Almost 200 of them honored him Tuesday night with a surprise dinner party celebrating his retirement. The party was designed by architect Harley Fisk and several other current and former colleagues of Bankemper. The 64-year old honoree looked fit as he accepted congratulations. It seemed fitting that the guests streamed into the Town and Country Restaurant on Dixie Highway, they could look a few hundred yards to the north and see Covington Catholic High School. The designs for Covington Catholic and Newport Catholic in the mid-1950s propelled Bankemper into professional prominence. He went on the design about 20 major buildings for the Diocese of Covington, including the St. Pius X parish complex, St. Vincent de Paul church, St Agnes School and rectory, St. Charles Nursing Home, St. John School and Convent in Carrollton, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Williamsburg.

The guest of honor received plaques from the Kenton County Fiscal Court and from the Northern Kentucky chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and a proclamation from Covington Mayor Bernard Moorman making today Carl Bankemper Day. Bankemper's design for St. Catherine of Sienna church in Ft. Thomas, with its quarter-round arc and triangular theme, was hailed as a new and beautiful development in church architecture in the area when the church was dedicated in 1964. The IRS center in Covington is one of four IRS centers he designed.

Bankemper was born in Bellevue, graduated from Covington Latin School in 1935, served in the Navy during World War II, and married Dorothy Beiser in 1946. They have seven children. Bankemper said he is perhaps proudest of his work on the Boone County Administration Building because it was designed to conform to the historical surroundings. He also said he is also proud of the Covington-Kenton Co. Building. "That building will be standing 100 years from now," he said.

He died on November 29, 1984. His remains lie at rest in the St Mary Cemetery mausoleum, Ft. Mitchell, KY. From his obituary in the Kentucky Post: CARL C. BANKEMPER - Services for Carl C. Bankemper, 66, well-known Northern Kentucky architect, will be at noon Saturday in Saint Agnes Church, Sleepy Hollow Road and Dixie Highway, Fort Wright, Kentucky. He died Thursday at his Park Hills, Kentucky, home. Among the buildings his firm, Bankemper and Associates, designed were the Covington-Kenton County Building on Court Street in Covington; the Boone County Administration Building, Burlington; the Internal Revenue Service Center, Covington; and the Panorama Apartments, a senior citizens high rise in Covington. A native of Bellevue, he was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and the University of Illinois. He was principal architect for LaSalle Institute, Chicago; Saint Francis de Sales High School, Toledo; and Covington Catholic High School. He opened his office in Covington in 1961. A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Institute of Architects, Bishop Flaget General Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, and past president of Panorama Apartments. He leaves his wife, Dorothy AK.; a son, Carl Francis Bankemper, at home; six daughters, Sister Mary Shauna Bankemper, a sister of Notre Dame, Bellevue; Linda Scanlon of Cincinnati; Angie Garner of Fort Mitchell; Gayle Phipps of Evergreen, Colorado; Kathy Lynch of Park Hills; and Joan Bankemper of Baltimore, Maryland; a brother, Albert Bankemper of Tucson, Arizona; three sisters, Marie Scheben of Newport; Antoinette Hayden of Morrow, Ohio; and Florence Birkenhauer of Alexandria; and seven grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 PM. today at Linnemann Funeral Home, 30 Commonwealth Avenue, Erlanger. Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame, 101 Dixie Highway, Covington, or Saint Elizabeth Hospice, 401 East 20th Street, Covington, Kentucky.

Carl Cyril Anthony BANKEMPER and Dorothy Kathryn (Dottie) BEISER Bankemper were married on September 28, 1946 in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Witnesses were Edward Beiser and Florence Birkenhauer.
Dorothy Kathryn (Dottie) BEISER Bankemper (daughter of Joseph BEISER and Adelaide JANSEN) was born on March 17, 1923 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky. She was baptized on March 25, 1923 in Covington, Kentucky at Mother of God Catholic Church.

Carl Cyril Anthony BANKEMPER and Dorothy Kathryn (Dottie) BEISER Bankemper had the following children:

259	i.	Patricia (Sr Mary Shauna, S.N.D.) BANKEMPER was born on September 4, 1947. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Academy. She went on to enter the Sisters of Notre Dame and a career in education. Her B.A. degree in elementary education was earned at Thomas More College, while her Masters degree in elementary education administration came from Xavier University. Most recently, she served as provincial for the Sisters of Notre Dame, Covington, and chaired the Notre Dame Academy Board of Directors. Prior to that she was Superintendent of Schools for the Lexington Diocese from 1985-1996, Principal of Sacred Heart School in Bellevue from 1981-1985 and a teacher in various diocesan schools from 1969-1981. In 2006 she was installed as Notre Dame Academy's first-ever president. The commissioning ceremony came as the school prepared for its 100th anniversary year. A strategic planning process led to the formation of the new governance structure. It calls for a principal that will oversee the day-to-day academic activities of the school as chief operating officer, and a president in the role of chief executive officer in charge of mission achievement, development, fundraising, finances and related activities.
+260	ii.	Linda BANKEMPER Scanlon.
+261	iii.	Mary Angela BANKEMPER Garner.
+262	iv.	Gail A. BANKEMPER Phipps.
+263	v.	Kathryn BANKEMPER Lynch.
264	vi.	Joan BANKEMPER was born on September 22, 1959.
+265	vii.	Carl Francis BANKEMPER.