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Circa 1860 the Louisville Hotel had 23 employees who were "hired out" slaves—their wages, in whole or in part, typically accrued to their legal owners. [2] A "grand reception" was held at the Louisville Hotel in September 1866 when Louisville was a stop on U.S. President Andrew Johnson's Swing Around the Circle electioneering tour. [11]
View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846. The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans nearly two-and-a-half centuries since its founding in the late 18th century. The geology of the Ohio River, with but a single series of rapids midway in its length from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to its union with the Mississippi, made it inevitable that a town would grow on the site.
Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company began on the banks of the Ohio River. Louisville Collegiate Institute founded. Franklin Lyceum founded. [7] 1841 Louisville Law Library in operation. [8] Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville established. 1842 Jefferson County Courthouse opens. Mercantile Library Association founded. [8] [9]
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.Latitude and longitude coordinates of the 87 sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the adjacent box.
The table below includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Jefferson County, Kentucky except those in the following neighborhoods/districts of Louisville: Anchorage, Downtown, The Highlands, Old Louisville, Portland and the West End (including Algonquin, California, Chickasaw, Park Hill, Parkland, Russell and Shawnee).
Blue Boar Cafeterias was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky. The first Blue Boar was opened in 1931. [1] Once a major presence in metro Louisville, it is still remembered for its old downtown location on Fourth Avenue near Broadway. During the 1930s, Guion (Guyon) Clement Earle (1870–1940) served as ...
5700 Captains Quarters Road, Prospect; cqriverside.com; Hours: Monday-Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to ...
The Great Depression in 1929, the Ohio River Flood of 1937, and two World Wars accelerated the decline. By 1952 the deterioration in Old Louisville was obvious, but St. James and Belgravia retained much of their charm and distinctiveness.