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Louisville, Kentucky experienced three days of rioting in May 1968. As in many other cities around the country, there were unrest and riots partially in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., on April 4. On May 27, a group of 400 people, mostly blacks, gathered at 28th and Greenwood Streets, in the Parkland neighborhood.
The Clarksdale Housing Complex was a public housing project built in 1939. Clarksdale was occupied from 1939 to late 2004. It was the first public housing complex built in the city, and up until its demolition, completed in 2005, it was the largest public housing project in the state of Kentucky.
April 10, 1972 (401 W. River Rd. 5: Bosler Fireproof Garage: Bosler Fireproof Garage: August 18, 1983 (423 S. 3rd St. Later called the Morrissey Garage, the city of Louisville began demolition of the building April 11–12, 2015 [5]
In 1910, 61,000 Black people lived outside of Louisville in rural Jefferson County, the Merriwether House nomination states, and they maintained a strong presence there until the 1930s when the ...
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).
Development began in the 1870s as street car lines were extended to the area. The area was considered one of Louisville's most fashionable in its early years with many affluent white families building elegant mansion homes on Walnut, Chestnut Street, and Jefferson Streets, while working class blacks and whites lived in shotgun houses on adjacent streets.
Roughly bounded by I-64, Lexington Road, Bishop Street, and Cave Hill Cemetery 38°15′06″N 85°43′18″W / 38.2517°N 85.7217°W / 38.2517; -85.7217 ( Irish Hill Historic Louisville
WHAT: Visit with Santa on a vintage fire truck and enjoy treats. WHEN: Vintage Fire Museum and Safety Education Center, 706 Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana WHEN: Dec. 14, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m ...