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...
Address: 919 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A double set of doors and a double set of windows sit under matching arched windows. Between the windows is the symbol of compass and a builder's square with the letter G inside. The square and...
Buildings; Air pollution; Industrial buildings; Churches; Religious facilities
Address: 215 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers in the air above the buildings of Reed Air Filter Company. Two low buildings are labeled with the company's name. One is brick with awnings and the other is made of sheet metal. Lumber...
Address: 224 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Two sconces frame the entry of the Kosair Temple. Three sets of double doors are topped with a leaded glass transom. Between the transom and the doors hangs a sign reading, "Kosair Hotel." A...
Address: 412-418 W. Market Street. Trolley tracks run through the road in front of Herman Straus & Sons department store. Display windows showcase goods along the first floor. Tall windows span the second and third floors and are topped with...
Address: 2227 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks on Bardstown Road pass before a series of connected brick buildings forming a zigzag pattern. Each doorway has inset columns topped with a pediment over an arched window and...
Address: 1357 S. Twelfth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A car is parked at the curb of a brick-lined road in front of Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. A low stone wall and hedges surround the property. The symmetrical building has tall rectangular...
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...
Address: 332 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. In 1928 this building became the new clubhouse for the Pendennis Club, a businessmen's social club. The right side of the building originally stood alone. Designed in...
A large grassy area with a few trees surrounds a multi-story stone home in the Indian Trails sub-division near Louisville, Kentucky. The front of the home has a low stone wall in front of it. The symmetrical home has canopied windows on the first...
A row of vehicles is parked along the curb in front of two residences, probably in Louisville, Kentucky. The street is partially brick and has trolley tracks. The two residences are very similar styles with elaborate ironwork creating a canopy for...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
A low stone wall separates a wide lawn from the sidewalk and street. Broad steps lead up to the entry of a building, which appears to be constructed of brick with a stone foundation and is adorned with multi-story Ionic columns topped by a...
Address: 970 Cherokee Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Leafless trees line the parkway in front of the Charles P. Moorman Home for Women, an assisted living facility. The multi-story building is symmetrical with two wings coming forward from the main...
In the foreground are two or more buildings topped by mansard roofs. Their steeply-angled sides are covered with rectangular and fish scale shingles. Signs for the Seelbach Hotel (on Fourth Street) and the cross at the top of the Cathedral of the...
