Religious facilities; Steeples; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Trees and a wood-and-wire fence surround the property of the Abbey of Gethsemani. The monastery's steeple is the highest point of the complex's structures and is topped with a crucifix. A lower, but still multi-story, building appears on the right...
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...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dwellings; Houses;
Front of Amelia Place. The brick building has a large porch on the side, two dormer windows, and two chimneys. There is an American flag flying from one of the columns in the front doorway. Amelia Place is the official residence of President of the...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dwellings; Houses;
Amelia Place, a red brick house with dormer windows and a large porch on the side. Three chimneys are visible. The front doorway has columns. Amelia Place is the official residence of President of the University of Louisville. Named in honor of...
Address: 734 Braeview Road. This house was commissioned as a residence for B. H. Straus. The house rests on top of a terraced hill with a walkway leading up to the offset front door. Three large windows are topped off with windowed arches. These...
Floods; Industrial facilities; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Smokestacks; Buildings
Water surrounds the Beargrass Gas Plant. Utility poles in the middle of the photograph show water about halfway up the poles. In the foreground a man stands in a shallow boat poling his way through the water. Steam and smoke still rise up from the...
Address: 1001 S. 26th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Brandeis Elementary School, a brick and stone building, was constructed in 1913. The multi-story building includes multiple chimneys. A cement path leads up to stairs and the front entrance. A...
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...
Address: 1726 Hamilton Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A creek makes a bow shape around a patch of land with industrial buildings in the background. The patch of land has grass growing with stacks of grass gathered in small hillocks. The buildings in...
Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
On back of image: "My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, Where Foster Wrote Song." Federal Hill, a two-story brick Greek Revival mansion with shutters and white curtains in every window and a flat roof with two chimneys, was the estate of the...
Address: 1323 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This is the northern view of an old brick building at the corner of Marret Avenue and Preston Street. The remnants of old signs are painted on the building. The top sign advertises "Geo....
George Washington School, 118 Cabel, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with "George Washington School" written above a domed entrance and "First Ward School 1888" chiseled on a disc on a semicircular edifice. On...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Address: 3642 Monks Road, Trappist, Kentucky. A low stone building with pointed-arch windows sits at the edge of a farm field. Atop the structure is a small cupola with a cross which mirrors the cross at the top of a steeple in the background. A...
Address: 2448 Grinstead Drive. A home is pictured in a yard where there are more leaves on the ground than on the trees. The building is a three-story A-frame with a wrap-around porch. A man in a dark suit (possibly William A. Hildebrand, the name...
This two-story home has Doric columns on the front porch and the balcony above it. The symmetrical building has matching windows on either side of the door and balcony and four chimneys. An automobile is parked to the left of the building. The...
Unidentified house in Simpsonville, Kentucky. The light brick one-story house with two chimneys has a high roof which has three vertical rows of rectangular roofing and one dormered window. There is also a porch covered in ivy.
Location: between Jefferson and Chestnut, Jackson and Clay Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. On one corner is what looks like an abandoned lot with a partial fence. On the opposite corner is a home with a broken down fence. The house is a long brick...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Steamboats; Historic buildings; Belle of Louisville (Steamboat); Transportation
A line of people walk down a dock as the Idlewild steamboat prepares for a cruise. Now known as The Belle of Louisville, this steamer became part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Idlewild sports a paddlewheel and twin...
Buildings; J.B. Speed Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School
Architect's rendering of Speed Scientific School, named J. B. Speed Hall, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, three story brick building with projecting center pillars and portico (labeled "1936") and a domed tower...
