Roscoe Goose House

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Roscoe Goose House
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Location3012 S. 3rd St., Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°12′21″N85°45′50″W / 38.20583°N 85.76389°W / 38.20583; -85.76389 Coordinates: 38°12′21″N85°45′50″W / 38.20583°N 85.76389°W / 38.20583; -85.76389
Area3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
NRHP reference No. 15000651 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 2015
looking west at the east facade of the Roscoe Goose House in Louisville, Kentucky The Roscoe Goose House in Louisville, Kentucky.jpg
looking west at the east facade of the Roscoe Goose House in Louisville, Kentucky

The Roscoe Goose House is a historic house at 3012 South Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Built about 1891, it is a 2+12-story brick building with Italianate and later Victorian styling. It has a low-pitch hip roof with bracketed cornice, a wall dormer rising at the center of the front facade, a single-story porch that wraps across the front and around the left side, and a large arched window on the ground floor next to the main entrance. It was home to jockey Roscoe Goose from 1913 until about 1970. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Roscoe Goose House" (PDF). Kentucky Heritage. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
looking slightly upward at the southeast foundation of the Roscoe Goose House in Louisville, Kentucky The Roscoe Goose House in Louisville, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.jpg
looking slightly upward at the southeast foundation of the Roscoe Goose House in Louisville, Kentucky