Gone but not forgotten: the Ellis Brown home Kinnoull

By Staff Reporter | Published 5h ago

Mark LevinThe site where Ridge Park High School (originally Berea Girls’ High) stands was once occupied by two houses on large grounds, one of which was 399 Ridge Road named “Kinnoull”, owned by the prominent Ellis Brown coffee family for two generations. Kinnoull in 1974 just before its demolition. Its first owner was Joseph Ellis Brown, the founder of the company.