Heritage & History
Explore landmarks, architecture, and stories spanning 200+ years
Falls of the Ohio
Geological / Natural
Springfield (Zachary Taylor Boyhood Home)
1790 • Federal
Locust Grove
1790 • Georgian
Portland Historic District
1814 • Vernacular River Town
Farmington Historic Plantation
1816 • Federal
Christ Church Cathedral
1822 • Gothic Revival
Butchertown Historic District
1827 • Vernacular / German Immigrant
Louisville and Portland Canal
1830 • Canal Engineering
Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing
1837 • Greek Revival
Old Bank of Louisville
1837 • Greek Revival
Actors Theatre of Louisville
1837 • Greek Revival / Cast-Iron
Eastern Cemetery
1844 • Rural Cemetery
Cave Hill Cemetery
1848 • Rural Garden Cemetery
Old Louisville Historic District
1850 • Victorian
Phoenix Hill / NuLu Market District
1850 • Italianate Commercial
Thomas Edison House
1850 • Shotgun Duplex
21c Museum Hotel
1850 • Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
Portland Museum
1852 • Italianate
Whiskey Row
1852 • Cast-Iron Commercial
U.S. Marine Hospital
1852 • Italianate
Cathedral of the Assumption
1852 • Neo-Gothic
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church
1854 • Gothic Revival
West Main Street Historic District
1855 • Cast-Iron Commercial
Whitehall House and Gardens
1855 • Italianate / Classical Revival
Heigold House Facade
1857 • Italianate
Louisville Water Tower
1860 • Classical Revival
Jefferson County Courthouse (Metro Hall)
1860 • Greek Revival
Louisville National Cemetery
1861 • National Cemetery
Smoketown Historic Neighborhood
1865 • Shotgun / Vernacular
Russell Neighborhood (Louisville's Harlem)
1870 • Mixed Period
Old Louisville Victorian District
1870 • Victorian Mixed
Brown-Forman Distillery
1870 • Industrial
Churchill Downs
1875 • Victorian Twin Spires
Kentucky Science Center
1878 • Cast-Iron Commercial
Crescent Hill Reservoir
1879 • Gothic Revival
Old Forester Distilling Co. (Whiskey Row)
1882 • Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company
1889 • Industrial / Adaptive Reuse
Cherokee Park
1891 • Olmsted Pastoral
Iroquois Park
1891 • Olmsted Forest
Louisville Olmsted Park System
1891 • Olmsted Park System
Shawnee Park
1892 • Olmsted Riverfront
Eastern Parkway
1893 • Olmsted Parkway
St. James Court Fountain
1893 • Victorian
Greenwood Cemetery
1894 • Rural Cemetery
Conrad-Caldwell House
1895 • Richardsonian Romanesque
Big Four Bridge
1895 • Truss Bridge
Big Four Bridge Pylons
1895 • Truss Bridge
Highlands / Bardstown Road Historic District
1900 • Streetcar Commercial
Central Park (Old Louisville)
1904 • Olmsted Landscape
Seelbach Hotel
1905 • Beaux-Arts
Louisville Gardens
1905 • Beaux-Arts
Western Branch Library
1908 • Carnegie Library
Louisville Free Public Library Main Branch
1908 • Beaux-Arts
Belle of Louisville
1914 • Mississippi Steamboat