Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption, 435 South Fifth Street, Lo...
Survey number: HABS KY-64 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 736 East Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House...
Significance: Camel-back shotgun residence. Gable-front, frame with some saw-tooth mold remaining on the cornice of the two-story, rear section. Typical working-class dwelling found throughout Louisville. // ... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 837 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Typical shotgun residence common to the Phoenix Hill Historic District. // 1884. Shotgun. Brick. Approx. 20' x 50'. Eastlake door hood, simple cornice. Demolished. Survey number: HABS KY-163-N
538 South Seventeenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: Typical cottage style residence of Russell Historic District. // ca. 1900. Cottage. Frame. Approx. 30' x 50'. Simple window lintels, brackets on first-floor windows. Asbestos siding added ca.... More
Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Truckloads of ...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of an industrial building, factory or warehouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Naval gun mounts. A big naval gun mount chassis is coated ...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Skill and experience back t...
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. Marine boilers. Huge stocks of tubes for bent tube boilers...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Torpedo tube mounts. A torpedo tube mount in the final ass...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
2413-2415 Eddy Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 2413-2415 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
Oxmoor, Shelbyville Pike, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-67 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1908 Magazine Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1908 Magazine 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 this parti... 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
1816 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: 1816 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of camelback shotgun houses that w... More
Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-210 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001348
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
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
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
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
1911 Magazine Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1911 Magazine 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 this parti... More
Lithgow Building, 301 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
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Lithgow Building, 301 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Big Four Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: The Big Four Bridge as it exists today consists of six spans, three Baltimore truss spans and three Parker through trusses. There are two approach spans on the south and one on the north end of t... More
Big Four Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: The Big Four Bridge as it exists today consists of six spans, three Baltimore truss spans and three Parker through trusses. There are two approach spans on the south and one on the north end of t... More
Big Four Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: The Big Four Bridge as it exists today consists of six spans, three Baltimore truss spans and three Parker through trusses. There are two approach spans on the south and one on the north end 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
2342-2344 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, K...
Significance: 2342-2344 West Madison lies within the Russell National District, listed in 1980. The structure is consistent in size and scale to other residential structures within the neighborhood. Yet this ... More
2342-2344 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, K...
Significance: 2342-2344 West Madison lies within the Russell National District, listed in 1980. The structure is consistent in size and scale to other residential structures within the neighborhood. Yet this ... 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
1909 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1909 West Madison 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 throughout thi... More
Atherton Building, 466 River City Mall, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Significance: The Atherton Building, sheathed in glazed enamel brick with terra cotta ornament, was a fine example of an early twentieth century office building. The last intact commercial building in Louisvil... More
508 South Campbell Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: This is one of the older structures in the Phoenix Hill District. The dog-trot is an architectural feature which is rare city-wide. It was used frequently in buildings which set on lots with no ... More
645 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 645 South Eighteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is similar in size and scale to the other houses in the nei... More
645 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 645 South Eighteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is similar in size and scale to the other houses in the nei... 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
322 South Fifteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
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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
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
1817 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1817 West Madison Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of camelback shotgun houses that were buil... More
Bank of Louisville Building, 322 West Main Street, Louisville, Jeffers...
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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
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
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
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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Southern Heights-Beechmont District Landscapes, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 109 East Broadway, Louis...
Significance: The masterpiece of William J. Dodd, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is an excellent example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Its present adaptive usage is a fitting complement to i... 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
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
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
510 South Twentieth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: This is a typical shotgun residence of the Russell Historic District. // ca. 1890. Shotgun. Frame. Approx. 18' x 50'. Boarded - window and door details not visible. Aluminum siding applied ca... More
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...
Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...
Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph of a monument, memorial, 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.
Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Coils of sheet...
Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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