Heritage Architecture, Louisville Photos

Louisville downtown has recaptured access to the Ohio River & preserved heritage architecture.

See also: Subject Index for Kentucky, Louisville, Modern Architecture
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Statue of William Clark surveys Ohio River where Lewis & Clark started their journey of discovery to the west from Louisville.

Bridges over Ohio River.

Bridges over Ohio River.

Iron girder detail of Clark Memorial Bridge over Ohio River.

Belle Of Louisville steam boat (1914).
Architect: James Rees & Sons. On National Register.

Belle Of Louisville steam boat stern wheel detail.

Jefferson County Courthouse, Aegon Center & KY Home Life Bldgs.

Thomas Jefferson statue silhouetted against Aegon Center.

Jefferson County Courthouse (1842) (527 W. Jefferson St.).
Architect: Gideon Shryock. On National Register.

Angels of justice at base of Thomas Jefferson statue.

Aegon Center & KY Home Life Building.

Inter-Southern Insurance Building now Kentucky Home Life Building (1922) (239 S. 5th St.).
Architect: D.X. Murphy. On National Register.

Columns of Kentucky Home Life Building.

Victorian Italianate buildings along 5th St. north of Jefferson.

Victorian buildings on 5th St. towered over by modern highrise with lighthouse-like tower.

Clock tower of Louisville City Hall (1875).
Architect: Henry Whitestone. On National Register.

Louisville City Hall (rt) (1871-3) & Annex (left) (1909) (601-3 W. Jefferson St.). Style: Second Empire, Italianate. Architect: John Andrewartha; then annex by Cornelius Curtin. On National Register.

Horse's head carving on Louisville City Hall.

Pig's head carving on Louisville City Hall.

Steam Engine Company No. 2 a former fire department building (1891) (617 W. Jefferson St.). Style: Romanesque. Architect: McDonald Brothers. On National Register.

Carved fire helmet, trumpet & hose on Steam Engine Company No. 2.
On National Register.

Statue of Louis XVI (1754-93) after whom Louisville is named for his support in Revolutionary War. Statue (1927) by Valois.

Cathedral of the Assumption (1905) (443 S. 5th St.).
Style: Gothic revival. Architect: D.X. Murphy. On National Register.

Cathedral of the Assumption Gothic interior.

Cathedral of the Assumption & Republic Building.

Republic Building (1916) (429 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.).
Architect: Joseph & Joseph. On National Register.

Facade of Republic Building.

Tile detail of Republic Building.

Tower of Louisville Medical College.

University of Louisville School of Medicine (1893) (101 W. Chestnut St.).
Style: Richarsonian Romanesque. Architect: Clarke & Loomis. On National Register.

Entrance of Louisville Medical College.

Facade of Louisville Medical College.

Grant Robinson Memorial Hall. Style: Gothic Revival.

Thomas Edison's Buchertown House where young inventor rented a room while working as telegrapher.

Churchill Downs & Kentucky Derby Museum.

Twin spires of Churchill Downs racetrack.

All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
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