This is among the first grand houses one sees approaching Covington from the south, and it certainly leaves a lasting impression. Also known as the Lee-Rogers House, Regency Hall was built by Eugene Orson Lee, Sr., (1859-1930) for his wife Tommie Lillian Anderson Lee (1865-1928) and their seven children. Sources vary between 1890 and 1898 as a construction date. According to the Covington Self-Guided Home Tour, Mrs. Lee helped design the house and even worked side-by-side with the carpenters at times. The house originally featured Victorian porches on the first and second floors. I’m unsure when it was converted to its present Neoclassical/Colonial Revival appearance.

Covington Historic District, National Register of Historic Places