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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.
Bingham Park [5] — Originally known as Clifton Park (Locals called it Coral Park) Walking trails in Central Park, located in the Old Louisville neighborhood. Boone Square; Central Park; Chickasaw Park; Churchill Park [6] Elliott Square [7] Seneca Park; Shelby Park [8] William B. Stansbury Park [9] — Originally known as Triangle Park [10 ...
Like many older American cities, Louisville has well-defined neighborhoods, many with well over a century of history as a neighborhood. The oldest neighborhoods are the riverside areas of Downtown and Portland (initially a separate settlement), representing the early role of the river as the most important form of commerce and transportation.
Farmington, an 18-acre (7.3 ha) historic site in Louisville, Kentucky, was once the center of a hemp plantation owned by John and Lucy Speed. The 14-room, Federal-style brick plantation house was possibly based on a design by Thomas Jefferson and has several Jeffersonian architectural features. As many as 64 African Americans were enslaved by ...
The Bloom Elementary School at 1627 Lucia Ave. in Louisville, Ky. on July 10, 2023. The district's second-oldest school is in Louisville's Tyler Park neighborhood along Lucia Avenue.
The parkway system of Louisville, Kentucky, also known as the Olmsted Park System, was designed by the firm of preeminent 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The 26-mile (42 km) system was built from the early 1890s through the 1930s, and initially owned by a state-level parks commission, which passed control to the city of ...
The land that is today St. James and Belgravia was at one time used for truck-farming and by 1875 became the site of a baseball park. [4] The land was later cleared, buildings were erected, and it hosted the Southern Exposition from 1883 to 1887. [5] The exhibition was held on 23 acres of open land south of Central Park.
Supporters say One Park plaza would change Louisville. But some question whether giving the developer more than $100M in city tax revenue is worth it.