Finishing up the Old Louisville neighborhood, we encounter older houses, including one from the Second Empire and also several from the Italianate style. Three story Italianate townhouses such as these were once common in St. Louis, but they are now almost entirely erased in urban renewal. It is interesting to see how these houses would…
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Old Louisville, Part Two
Continuing our look around the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, we see an evolution of styles, but again, they are in keeping with what we would expect to see in St. Louis. In this case, we now see what would be best described as Renaissance Revival. Also, there are houses that have elements of the…
Old Louisville, Part One
I thought it would be interesting to look at neighborhoods close to the downtowns of several major cities in proximity to St. Louis that I had visited in 2021. I have often noted that you just can’t walk to residential neighborhoods from downtown in St. Louis; there are train tracks, vast swaths of vacant land…
Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville Metro Hall
I realized I had gotten away from posting photos from my trip to the northeastern Midwest, and continuing on my theme of the Greek Revival that I had been examining in St. Charles County, I thought I would look at two excellent examples of that style, the first in Louisville, Kentucky. Originally built as the…
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville
St. Louis was not the only city in America to embrace the rural cemetery movement. Louisville has Cave Hill Cemetery. Two famous men are buried there, and colored lines lead visitors to their graves. A green line leads you to the grave of Muhammad Ali. On the day I was there, beautiful flowers and inspirational…
Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, Kentucky
On my travels over the Labor Day weekend of 2021, I managed to visit five cathedrals, and I realized that over the last fourteen years, I have documented numerous examples. Consequently, I have now created a cathedrals tag. Now, since all cathedrals are also churches, they will receive both tags in their posts. Former cathedrals,…
Louisville Marine Hospital
Over the Labor Day Weekend, I took a vacation around the eastern Midwest/northern South to visit various metropolitan areas that due to various circumstances, I had neglected to investigate. Due to their similarities and proximity to St. Louis, I felt it was important to see what sort of comparisons and differences these cities might have…