Address: 728 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. The Welsworth Hotel was built in the Italianate style. Its pediment and eaves have modillions supporting them and the arch above the entryway has dentils under it. Notice the changing shape of the...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors
The interior of Le Rose Theatre includes an aisle between a front and back section of seating as well as aisles dividing the front seating into three sections. The movie screen is framed by arched windows on either side. Short windows at the tops...
This wide-angled shot shows a booth at the Kentucky State Fair exhibit hall, the rafters of the ceiling, and a lot of the space in front. The booth advertises Los Angeles County California and mimics an adobe building with arched patio area. A...
Address: Fourth Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A branch of the Crutcher & Starks Company is shown in the Seelbach Hotel. The display windows of Crutcher & Starks show gloves, hats, and scarves...
Theological seminaries; Religious facilities; Schools; Automobiles; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 109 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Constructed in sections from 1904 through 1909, this complex of buildings originally housed the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In 1967 it was purchased by Jefferson Community College. A great lawn...
The clubhouse of the Louisville Country Club sits atop a landscape of rolling hills with manicured grass and trees. A flagless flagpole stands to the right of the three-story building. The first floor windows are arched and appear to have striped...
Address: 969 Cherokee Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Mature trees grow out of the parkway in front of Parr's Rest. A manicured lawn leads up to the entrance which is supported by multiple Doric columns. The brick and stone building is laid out in a...
Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.); Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings; Synagogues
Address: 834 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. "Mine house shall be an house of prayer for all people" marks the entry of Temple Adath Israel. The words are carved above a series of Ionic columns which support a pediment with...
Doric columns support an arbor in Louisville's Central Park. The palisade leads to a covered pavilion with arched doors and windows. A statue of a lion sits next to the walkway and park visitors walk under the canopy or sit on nearby benches.
City & town life; Streets; Banks; Automobiles; Buildings; Historic buildings; Stores & shops
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fifth and Market Streets in downtown stands the Louisville Trust Building. Oversized arches mark the entries and are repeated several stories above with smaller arched...
A stone and brick house is pictured at an angle. The front of the building has an A-line design on the left side which is repeated in a truncated A-line for the entryway. This section is made of stone while the rest of the building is brick. The...
Black cars park in the brick street in front of W. K. Stewart Company at 425 S. Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the primary sign for the company is "Books, Stationery & Office Supplies" and a banner reading, "Big...
Address: 1232 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A street or driveway splits around a landscaped island in front of the German Protestant Orphan's Home. The brick and stone edifice was built in a plain symmetrical style. The entryway section...
Address: 112 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A horse and carriage and three cars are parked in front of the Kenyon building which is announced by a sign painted on the side of the building. The stone and brick building has large plate glass...
Snow covers the ground in front of a stately home in Louisville, Kentucky. The wide steps lead up to a portico supported by Doric columns. The pediment above is decorated with dentils, carvings, and a crest. Most of the windows on the symmetrical...
Young Women's Christian Associations; Buildings; Stone walls; Cobblestone roads; Street railroad tracks
Trolley tracks mark the brick street at the southwest corner of Broadway and Second Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Light bulbs trace out the letters "YWCA" on a sign that indicates, "Residence 720 S. Second St." Behind the sign...
Corridors; Vaults (Architecture); Buildings; Religious facilities; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Address: 3642 Monks Road, Trappist, Kentucky. Arched windows illuminate a vaulted ceiling in a hallway at the Abbey of Gethsemani. Framed pictures line the wall and a carpet runs along the floor to a door. Another door is visible halfway down the...
Address: 919 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A double set of doors and a double set of windows sit under matching arched windows. Between the windows is the symbol of compass and a builder's square with the letter G inside. The square and...
Address: 2227 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks on Bardstown Road pass before a series of connected brick buildings forming a zigzag pattern. Each doorway has inset columns topped with a pediment over an arched window and...
Address: 1357 S. Twelfth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A car is parked at the curb of a brick-lined road in front of Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. A low stone wall and hedges surround the property. The symmetrical building has tall rectangular...
