Who is Kim Dougherty from The House Next Door and what is their importance? The_House_Next_Door English & Literature Kim Dougherty | The House Next Door

Kim is the architect who designs and builds the haunted house for the Harralsons. He was an orphan whose rich adoptive father pays to send Kim through architecture school. The father also sets up an office for Kim and helps him get started in the architecture business. While he is working on the Harralson house, Kim becomes very close friends with the Kennedys, especially Colquitt. Although it is hinted in the book that there are sexual feelings between Colquitt and Kim, these feelings never come to the surface. The only evidence that Kim ever had any feelings toward Colquitt happens on the evening that Kim kisses Colquitt in the haunted house. At this point, the kiss is blamed on the evil forces that appear to dominate the house.