James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
Kentucky Theater (Commercial Building), 649-651 South Fourth Street, L...
Significance: The Kentucky Theater demonstrates a rich interest in surface textures, combining patterned glazed-brick with classical, terra cotta ornament on the facade. It is one of the finest of the older mo... More
Kentucky Theater (Commercial Building), 649-651 South Fourth Street, L...
Significance: The Kentucky Theater demonstrates a rich interest in surface textures, combining patterned glazed-brick with classical, terra cotta ornament on the facade. It is one of the finest of the older mo... More
Kentucky Theater (Commercial Building), 649-651 South Fourth Street, L...
Significance: The Kentucky Theater demonstrates a rich interest in surface textures, combining patterned glazed-brick with classical, terra cotta ornament on the facade. It is one of the finest of the older mo... More
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
For additional documentation please view HABS No. KY-142 (Cave Hill Cemetery) Survey number: HALS KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work Natio... More
510-512 South Eighteenth Street (Apartment), Louisville, Jefferson Cou...
Significance: 510-512 South 18th Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of Federal style houses that were built t... More
Cave Hill Cemetery, Ben Smith Mausoleum, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisvill...
Significance: One of the oldest mausolea in Cave Hill Cemetery, the Ben Smith is also the largest. It is the only purely Greek Revival mausoleum in the cemetery. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... More
Cave Hill Cemetery, Ben Smith Mausoleum, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisvill...
Significance: One of the oldest mausolea in Cave Hill Cemetery, the Ben Smith is also the largest. It is the only purely Greek Revival mausoleum in the cemetery. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... More
642 South Fourth Avenue (Commercial Building), Louisville, Jefferson C...
Significance: This structure typifies the interest in glazed brick and terra cotta popular for commercial buildings in the city in the early 20th century. Survey number: HABS KY-175
Lithgow Building, 301 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
626 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 626 South Eighteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District listed in 1980. This structure is typical of houses that were built throughout this particular neigh... More
Republic Building, 427 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Jeffer...
Significance: The Republic Building is one of the early office buildings designed by the Louisville architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph. The building is eclectic in design showing the strong influence of t... More
Republic Building, 427 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Jeffer...
Significance: The Republic Building is one of the early office buildings designed by the Louisville architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph. The building is eclectic in design showing the strong influence of t... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More
Louisville Medical College, 101 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, Jeff...
Significance: The Louisville Medical College is one of the largest and finest Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in Louisville. It stands as testimony to a time when Louisville was second only to New York City... More
Franklin Building, 658-660 South Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Significance: This structure is a vernacular, small-scale example of the Classical Revival style, popular in downtown structures in Louisville. It is not an unusual building for the period and a minor work of ... More
2409-2411 Eddy Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 2409-2411 Eddy Street lies within the Russell National District that was listed in 1980. This structure is consistent in size and scale to other residential structures within the neighborhood and... More
Jacob Johnson House, 7300 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: The Levin Bates House is a fine example of a transitional Federal to Greek Revival style structure, as expressed in rural Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is one of few center passage, I-houses in ... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 828 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Early domestic working class architecture. // c. 1860. Vernacular Greek Revival. Brick. 25' x 37'. Stone lintels - simple six-over-six lights, double-hung windows. Stucco over portions of the ... More
Jefferson County Courthouse, 531 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Je...
Significance: Designed in 1835 by the noted Greek Revival architect, Gideon Shryock, the Jefferson County Courthouse stands as one of the major surviving monuments to that style. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Vienna Restaurant, 133-135 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Significance: At one time the most elegant and sumptuous restaurant in Louisville, the Vienna Restaurant, is a very rare example of the Art Nouveau influence in Louisville. Aside from remnants of the interior,... More
Gas Station, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-154 Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1940 Initial Construction
626 South Nineteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
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626 South Nineteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
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1817-1819 Magazine Street (Duplex), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1817-1819 Magazine Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built through... More
Bank of Louisville Building, 322 West Main Street, Louisville, Jeffers...
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Bank of Louisville Building, 322 West Main Street, Louisville, Jeffers...
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City Hall, 601 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: The seat of Louisville's municipal government, City Hall is a monumental example of Italianate architecture with a fine Mansard clock tower. Survey number: HABS KY-143 Building/structure dates: ... More
City Hall, 601 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: The seat of Louisville's municipal government, City Hall is a monumental example of Italianate architecture with a fine Mansard clock tower. Survey number: HABS KY-143 Building/structure dates: ... More
Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson Co...
Significance: The Ronald-Brennan House, a good example of Italianate design, has been carefully preserved by the Brennan family, who have left the house with its excellent late 19th century and early 20th centu... More
Southern Heights-Beechmont District Landscapes, Louisville, Jefferson ...
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637 South Twenty-eighth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Significance: This is a typical shotgun residence of the Russell Historic District. // ca. 1890. Shotgun. Frame. Approx. 18' x 50'. Italianate window hoods with dentils and brackets, sawtooth detail and shi... More
Farmington, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: Farmington is one of the few houses constructed after a design by Thomas Jefferson. Its history of preservation has been remarkable. It now remains virtually as originally constructed, with the ... More
Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...
Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More
Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...
Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Jeff...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS KY-20-19 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Jeff...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS KY-20-19 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...
Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
426 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: One of the more decorative shotgun residence in the Russell Historic District. // ca. 1900. Shotgun (camelback). Frame. Approx. 20' x 50'. Vertical beaded siding in gable, king post and beam, ... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 738 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Brick shotgun with camelback frame section - typical working class dwelling of this area. // x. 1875. Italianate. Brick and frame. 15' x 60'. Italianate doorhood. Insul-brick on rear section,... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 816-818 East Muhammad Ali Boulevard (H...
Significance: Early vernacular duplex, wooden lintels - residential. // Vernacular. Brick. Approx. 40' x 55'. Wooden lintels, six-over-six light windows. Door hoods altered - date unknown. Poor condition -... More
Fishing on Ohio riverfront in Louisville, Kentucky
Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Harvesting potatoes, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a man digging in a field, Kenntucky. Farm S...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dairy farm in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a person in a field, Kenntucky. Farm Securi...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Coils of sheet...
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Production. Marine boilers. Large forge furnaces prepare heats for the...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Naval gun mounts. Part of a 16 inch naval gun assembly is ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Marine boilers. The operator at the controls of a large fl...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Sawmill carr...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volunteers for Victory. The...
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rossmore Apartment House, 664 South Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Jeffers...
Significance: The Rossmore Apartment House was Louisville's first modern apartment building. The structure shows clear evidence of the influence of the Chicago School Style of the late nineteenth century, of w... More
Spring Bank Farm, 7506 Old Shepherdsville Road, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Significance: Spring Bank Farm is an extremely unusual and complete ensemble of pre-Civil War farm buildings. Executed in a vernacular style, they are typical of what was once found on many of the smaller Kent... More
Spring Bank Farm, 7506 Old Shepherdsville Road, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Significance: Spring Bank Farm is an extremely unusual and complete ensemble of pre-Civil War farm buildings. Executed in a vernacular style, they are typical of what was once found on many of the smaller Kent... More
608 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 608 South Eighteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built throughout thi... More
Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-210 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001348
Phoenix Hill Historic District, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-163 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cave Hill Cemetery, Rustic Shelter House, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisvil...
Significance: The design of the structure was based on Cottage Orne, a rustic cottage popularized in France by Richard Mique during Marie Antoinette's time. It was used as a favorite picnic spot during pre-Civ... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, Ohio Falls Dye & Finishing Works Build...
Significance: Architecturally, the building is a typical industrial structure of the late nineteenth century, two and three stories in height and contributes to the Phoenix Hill Historic District. Historically... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, Ohio Falls Dye & Finishing Works Build...
Significance: Architecturally, the building is a typical industrial structure of the late nineteenth century, two and three stories in height and contributes to the Phoenix Hill Historic District. Historically... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
For additional documentation please view HABS No. KY-142 (Cave Hill Cemetery) Survey number: HALS KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work Natio... More
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
For additional documentation please view HABS No. KY-142 (Cave Hill Cemetery) Survey number: HALS KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work Natio... More
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station, 1000 West Broadway, Lo...
Significance: Located at the confluence of major east, west, north, and south rail lines, Union Station is one of the largest and finest examples of late Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Kentucky. Surv... More
Seelbach Hotel, 500 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: Built from 1903 to 1907, the neo-classical hotel includes a Rathskeller, one of only two known ensembles of the famous Rookwood pottery on a large scale. The Rathskeller was patterned after a Ger... More
Seelbach Hotel, 500 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: Built from 1903 to 1907, the neo-classical hotel includes a Rathskeller, one of only two known ensembles of the famous Rookwood pottery on a large scale. The Rathskeller was patterned after a Ger... More
Hart Block, 728 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: An excellent example of the late phase of cast-iron commercial facades, the Hart Block remains essentially as constructed, a testimony to the durability of cast-iron when properly maintained. It ... More
Spring Station, Lexington Road & Cannon's Lane, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Survey number: HABS KY-23 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction
Dr. Palmer House, 721 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Jefferson Cou...
Survey number: HABS KY-63 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Republic Building, 427 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Jeffer...
Significance: The Republic Building is one of the early office buildings designed by the Louisville architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph. The building is eclectic in design showing the strong influence of t... More
Republic Building, 427 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Jeffer...
Significance: The Republic Building is one of the early office buildings designed by the Louisville architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph. The building is eclectic in design showing the strong influence of t... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More
606 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 606 South Eighteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built throughout thi... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More
Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More