The table below includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Jefferson County, Kentucky except those in the following neighborhoods/districts of Louisville: Anchorage, Downtown, The Highlands, Old Louisville, Portland and the West End. Links to tables of listings in these other areas are provided below.
The Louisville Water Tower, located east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky near the riverfront, is the oldest ornamental water tower in the world, having been built before the more famous Chicago Water Tower. Both the actual water tower and its pumping station are a designated National Historic Landmark for their architecture. As with the Fairmount Water Works of Philadelphia, the industrial nature of its pumping station was disguised in the form of a Roman temple complex.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the 85 sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the adjacent box.
The Jefferson County Courthouse Annex in Louisville, Kentucky was designed by Kenneth McDonald, Sr. and built in 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky (roughly bounded by the Ohio River on the north; N. 10th St. to the east; W. Market St. to the south; and I-264 and the Shawnee Golf Course to the west. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the 35 sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the adjacent box.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the West End of Louisville, Kentucky. The table below includes 49 listings in the following neighborhoods:
The Jefferson County Jail is a historic structure in central Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Built in 1905 in the Chicago style of architecture, it was designed by D.X. Murphy & Bros. It comprises two wings: the western, built as cell blocks, and the eastern, which originally housed offices. A system of corridors was used to separate male and female prisoners and black and white prisoners.
St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church is a complex of historic buildings in the Shelby Park neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The main church at 1207 South Shelby Street was purchased by Sojourn Community Church in 2010, which has since rehabilitated and occupied it as Sojourn Midtown. Several related properties were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky refers an area along Main Street, close to the Ohio River, which was home to the bourbon industry.
Brinton Beauregard Davis was an architect in Kentucky. More than a dozen of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Joseph & Joseph is an architectural firm founded in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky. The main services include architectural, engineering and design projects.
McDonald Brothers founded in 1878 was a Louisville-based firm of architects of courthouses and other public buildings. It was a partnership of brothers Kenneth McDonald, Harry McDonald, and Donald McDonald.
Willis F. Denny (1874-1905) was an architect active in Atlanta, Georgia around the turn of the twentieth century. He was the architect of Rhodes Hall (1903) and the Kriegshaber House, both listed on the National Register, as well as the demolished Piedmont Hotel (1903).
Luckett & Farley is an architecture, engineering, and interior design firm based in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1853, making it the oldest continually operating architecture firm in the United States that is not a wholly owned subsidiary. The firm began under the name Rogers, Whitestone & Co., Architects, changing its name to Henry Whitestone in 1857, to D.X. Murphy & Brother in 1890, and to Luckett & Farley in 1962. The company is 100% employee-owned as of January 1, 2012 and concentrates on automotive, industrial, federal government, higher education, health and wellness, and corporate/commercial markets. There are more LEED professionals at Luckett & Farley than any other company in Kentucky with 50, as of December 2012.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in The Highlands, Louisville, Kentucky. The table below includes 30 listings in the following neighborhoods:
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Old Louisville, Kentucky. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the 33 sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the adjacent box.
Henry Whitestone (1819–1893) was an architect born in County Clare, Ireland who became one of the main architects of Louisville, Kentucky.
James J. Gaffney, most often known as J. J. Gaffney, was an American architect in Louisville, Kentucky.
The American Tobacco Company, South Richmond Complex Historic District encompasses a complex of tobacco storage, processing, and research facilities at 400-800 Jefferson Davis Highway in Richmond, Virginia. Included in the 16-acre (6.5 ha) site are four large warehouses, processing buildings including a stemmery and a re-drying plant, and ancillary buildings and structures, including the American Tobacco Company's 1939 research laboratory. The complex exhibits a historical range of trends in the processing and storage of tobacco.
