The Ainslie Hewett Bookplate Collection features 104 bookplates designed by Louisville native (George) Ainslie Hewett between 1909 and 1951. The bookplates were created for notable Louisville residents, as well as for clients across the United...
Address: 903 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone street with trolley tracks runs in front of a building with a sign declaring it, "9th St. Public Warehouse." Other signs indicate a number of businesses using the building,...
Vertically ribbed white house in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, with wood lacework hanging from the roof, amid large trees. The basic structure of Tuliphurst, a historic home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, now on the National Register of Historic Places, was...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Catholic churches; Basilicas; Historic buildings
Interior, with altar and Gothic rib vaulting, of St. Joseph church in Bardstown, Kentucky, which was built between 1816-1819. The St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral complex is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Presbyterian churches
Interior of Second Presbyterian Church, on Second Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, with Gothic rib vaulting holding spherical light fixtures; pews; and altar.
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters;
Playhouse theater. Originally built as a chapel for the Louisville Industrial House of Reform, it was purchased by the University of Louisville, circa 1923, as part of its acquisition of what later became known as Belknap Campus. The Playhouse was...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters;
Front entrance of the Playhouse theater at the University of Louisville, at its original site. Originally built as a chapel for the Louisville Industrial House of Reform, it was purchased by the University of Louisville, circa 1923, as part of its...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters; Stages (Platforms); Auditoriums;
Interior view of the Playhouse theater on its original site, showing the auditorium seats and curtain. Originally built as a chapel for the Louisville Industrial House of Reform, the Playhouse was purchased by the University of Louisville, circa...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters; Trees;
Playhouse Theater seen from across Second Street. There are several trees featuring fall foliage in front of the white frame building. The crosswalk on Second Street is also visible. Originally built as a chapel for the Louisville Industrial House...
Gothic Chapel in Mammoth Cave. This room within the cave system gives the illusion that it is supported by gigantic stalactites which extend from ceiling to floor. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world and located within Mammoth Cave...
Churches; Gardens; Steeples; Buildings; Religious facilities; Monuments & memorials
Duncan Memorial Chapel in Floydsburg, Kentucky, an English Gothic structure with a steeple from the far right of the building. Trees surround the building as does a mowed lawn. A stone monument, possibly a headstone, is visible to the side of the...
Churches; Gardens; Steeples; Buildings; Religious facilities; Monuments & memorials
The back of Duncan Memorial Chapel in Floydsburg, Kentucky. The English Gothic building is made of stone with two distinct sections with a connecting section. One of the main sections has a steeple with a cross at the top. The three windows are set...
Churches; Gardens; Steeples; Buildings; Religious facilities; Monuments & memorials
Duncan Memorial Chapel in Floydsburg, Kentucky is shown. The English Gothic building is made of stone. The more prominent of the two entryways has a pointed roofline that echoes the main roofline and a doorway that is arched but has a slight point...
Churches; Gardens; Steeples; Buildings; Religious facilities; Monuments & memorials
Duncan Memorial Chapel in Floydsburg, Kentucky is shown. The English Gothic building is made of stone. The more prominent of the two entryways has a pointed roofline that echoes the main roofline and a doorway that is arched but has a slight point...
Sunlight from a Gothic window illuminates the pipe organ in Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church at Christmastime. Wreaths, other greenery and tinsel decorate the organ and music stand. Title supplied by cataloger.
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings
Address: 213 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish House is set back from the street by a wide sidewalk and parkway with immature trees. Built in 1906 in the late Gothic Revival style, the church is made...
Profile of Mary Johnston, partially back-lit by sunlight coming through a gothic arched window in Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church. Mary Johnston was the stepdaughter of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series of books. Title...
Churches; Steeples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Monuments & memorials
Duncan Memorial Chapel in Floydsburg, Kentucky. The English Gothic building with steeple is made of stone. The prominent entryway has a pointed roofline that echoes the main roofline and a doorway in the Tudor-arch style. The three windows above it...
The sun shines through an arched gothic window into a dark church. A man in a dark clerical robe stands next to the window holding a large book. The church is probably Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church in Oldham County, Kentucky. Title supplied by...
Couples; Covered walks; Theaters; University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings;
A couple stands on the covered sidewalk, known as Garth Walk, outside the Playhouse. Constructed in 1932, Garth Walk was named after Mrs. Charles M. Garth, then president of the theater group known as the Players Club of Louisville. Originally...
