Built in Queen Anne style, this house is set off from the sidewalk by a plaster or concrete retaining wall topped with a decorative metal fence. The faade and base of the house is made of stone while the side of the house is made of brick. Several...
Address: 1920 Newburg Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A large oculus dominates the front of St. Agnes Church. It is centered above an inset with a small statue and above the triple set of double doors. Each of the entry doors is set in an arch framed...
Address: 306 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Banners above the display windows show an embroidered crest with lions (or possible griffins) facing an overlaid R and B topped with a modified fleur de lis. The lions stand with one foot each...
Churches; Religious facilities; Steeples; Buildings
Christ Evangelical Church, at 1236 E. Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is a brick and stone building with a three-arch entryway topped with a semi-circular stained glass window. Long narrow windows emphasize the upward thrust of the...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Buildings; Exhibition buildings; People
Building at World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, with a first floor and small second floor topped by a dome and United States flag. Over the top portion of the entrance hang two United States flags which are at either side of a white flag showing...
Indoor exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in the Palace of Agriculture, of a tower labeled "Nebraska" topped by an eagle standing on a starry ball. The tower is decorated with ears of dry corn and is surrounded...
Louisville Automobile Club exterior. A two-story brick building with a white entryway (domed door and two domed windows) topped by a small iron balcony, while the building is topped by a small wood balcony. On back of image: "Lou Automobile...
F. T. Salisbury School, 2204 Magazine Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of three-story brick building on a street corner. The building's left side, facing the camera, has a half-hexagonal section projecting from its center. The building's...
Kentucky Baptist Hospital, 810 Barret Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Six story brick building topped by a rail. Most windows have white embellishments atop. Above ground basement. Two story white pillared entrance topped by a rail and reached by...
A stately brick home has an entryway framed by four white columns and topped a triangular section with a semi-circular window inset. The home has four chimneys and mature trees surrounding it. A brick pathway leads through the mown grass to the...
Address: 840 Ash Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A note on the invoice indicated the camera position as "in front of dividing line between 840-842 looking West." As the focus of the image is the brick sidewalk, this photo may have been...
Canopies; Buildings; Schools; Educational facilities; Historic buildings; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 911 S. Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Starting in 1915, this building hosted Louisville Male High School. The multi-story stone building includes four pairs of Corinthian columns supporting a canopy over the front steps and entryway....
Address: 416 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in the 1890s, this building served as part of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Norton Hall included a main building, a dormitory, a library, and a gymnasium. The stone and brick...
Location: 1600 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Reeser Place, an apartment complex on the West side of Fourth Street just south of Hill Street, is shown. The complex shows symmetrical buildings facing a courtyard. The foundation of the...
Jefferson County Jail (Louisville, Ky.); Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Detention facilities; Jails
Address: 540 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Armory Place and Liberty Street is the Jefferson County Jail. The stone and brick building includes a raised basement plus three stories topped by two hexagonal towers with lightning...
Address: 722 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An African American man stands on the lawn of the Waller residence. An iron gate stands in front of the house and its lawn. The two-story building has windows which are topped with decorative...
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...
Religious facilities; Steeples; Buildings; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Stakes stand in a winter-dried field near the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky. The brick building stands three stories and is topped by numerous chimneys. The chimneys are evenly spaced and plain, as are the windows. Some of the windows...
A sidewalk leads up to the front door of a three-story house. The entryway includes a small awning decorated with spindles. The front corners of the house have an unusual scooped-out design which frames a central window topped with a stained-glass...
Address: 1412 Willow Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by the Joseph & Joseph architecture firm, this luxury apartment building consists of a brick building with two symmetrical wings. A car is parked by the long sidewalk leading up to the...
