Address: 224 E. Broadway. This Egyptian Revival style structure was built as a combination Masonic temple and hotel and was to also include a large and elaborately decorated theater. The theater was never built and the building was sold after only...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) The Majestic opened as a vaudeville theater in 1908. Beyond that fact, however, its history is far less certain. The most commonly stated version is that the 1908 theater was torn down and...
Heavy equipment sits in front of the Thinker as repairs and renovations are made to the Oval. Concrete has been broken up in front of the Thinker. The lawn within the Oval is also visible.
University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters; Buildings;
Playhouse during the 1932 renovations, with trees in the foreground. Records indicate that work was also done to the Playhouse in 1933 and funded by a federal relief program. Note on back of photo: "Playhouse. Alterations. Oct 22 1932."...
"It was built illegally by private interests in the last decade of the first century B.C. [...]. Renovated in the Fourth Style after the earthquake of 62 A.D. [...]." (p.122); "Although the villa needed restoration after the...
