Address: 1418 Cherokee Road. Two residences are shown. The one on the left is the Rosenbaum residence designed by Joseph & Joseph. The entryway has a canopy with a balcony above and a wrap around porch with a metal grille. The striped canopy is...
Address: 1434 Cherokee Road. Houses sited on hillsides, prominent walkways and stone steps, expansive porches, front-facing dormers and blue or green-glazed terra cotta roof tiles are all characteristic of the many Louisville homes designed by...
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Royal Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 1809 W. Broadway. This, the first of Joseph & Joseph's suburban theaters, brought all the stylistic elements, detail and elegance of its larger, downtown predecessors to what was an emerging trend, the neighborhood theater devoted...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The photograph shows the structure in the early stages of its...
Address: 216 W. Chestnut Street (Building no longer exists). This Chestnut street building served the Salvation Army with office space, short-term living quarters and social services facilities in a single location. It resembles a Joseph &...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction scene shows Kosair Temple almost completed. Windows are still missing from the first floor. A number of wheel barrows are in front of the building, and a pulley system is attached to one of the upper...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction scene shows Kosair Temple being built. Scaffolding and pallets of bricks are in front of the building. A car is parked in front of a neighboring building which has signs reading, "Franklin /...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This view of the construction site for the Kosair Temple shows the first floor partially built. A support beam and construction equipment abound. Signs facing Broadway read, "Plumbing by P.H. Meyer Co. / 640 South...
Religious facilities; Synagogues; Schools; Buildings; Signs (Notices)
Address: 232 E. Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation of Keneseth Israel poses for a picture during the cornerstone laying ceremony of their new school. Children stand in front in coats and hats and adults form lines to the back. A...
Address: 235 S. Galt Avenue. Houses sited on hillsides, prominent walkways, stone steps, expansive porches, front-facing dormers and blue or green-glazed terra cotta roof tiles are all characteristic of the many Louisville homes designed by Joseph...
Address: 307-311 E. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Several trucks are parked in the 300 block of East Market Street. In the center of the image is Isaac Rosenbaum & Sons with a sign painted on the side of the building saying, "Hides,...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Restaurants; Lodges; Cozy Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 3105 S. Third Street. This ornamented building served as a Masonic Lodge (# 740, Free and Accepted Masons), motion picture theater, and a coffee shop. From 1917-1937, City Directories list both Cozy Theater and Suburban Hall as either...
Address: 405-409 W. Market Street (Building no longer exists.). The Western Union main office and the adjacent Lincoln Savings Bank were built on land owned by J. M. Atherton and were in a long succession of architectural commissions linking Alfred...
Buildings; Churches; Canopies; Stores & shops; Republic Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 429 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.). The Republic Building, using glazed terra cotta as both surfacing and decorative elements, was one of the first buildings designed by Joseph & Joseph. The building is eleven stories with...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth St. Usually credited to McDonald and Dodd, the Stewart's Dry Goods building was another project designed by Alfred S. Joseph while serving as chief architect and chief engineer for that firm. The photo shows an entrance on...
Buildings; Hotels; Lodges; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 604 S. Third Street. This drawing of the Henry Clay Hotel shows Joseph and Joseph's signature suspended canopy over the entrance. Originally built as the Elks Athletic Club in 1924, it was converted into the Henry Clay Hotel in 1928 and...
Address: 604-612 W. Walnut Street (Building no longer exists). An unidentified building is shown in construction. It might be the Mammoth Building. The building has a suspended canopy, and mostly brick construction. The first floor has large...
Buildings; Canopies; Atherton Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 610 S. Fourth Street (Later known as the Francis Building). Completed in 1907, the Atherton Building would have been a project started while Alfred S. Joseph was still serving as chief architect and engineer for the firm of McDonald &...
Buildings; Building construction; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969) . The classical façade of the Rialto made extensive use of white-glazed terra cotta tile from Cincinnati's Rookwood Pottery. This scene shows some of the machinery used in the construction as well...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969). This view of the Rialto Theatre stage was probably taken from the balcony and shows an elegant stage, with orchestra pit. The stage is framed by an ornately tiled arch and two box seats....
