All Neighborhoods

All Neighborhoods

by | Dec 27, 2016 | All Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods

All Neighborhoods

Strathmoor Village

Like many older American cities, Louisville has well-defined neighborhoods, many with well over a century of history as a neighborhood. The oldest neighborhoods were areas along the river near downtown and Portland, which was originally a separate settlement, representing the early role of the river for its importance transportation and commerce. As the city grew surrounding neighborhoods like Russell, Limerick, Smoketown, Phoenix Hill, Butchertown, The Point, and others were developed to house and employ the growing population.

The arrival of the streetcar allowed suburbs to be built further out, such as Old Louisville, Beechmont, Belknap, Shawnee and the Highlands. An interurban rail line in the early 1900s led to communities east of Louisville such as Anchorage and Glenview becoming year-round homes for the wealthy.

After city/county merger in 2003, Louisville now encompasses all of Jefferson County in its Metro government. However, it still has multiple personalities.

There’s the urban area within the Watterson Expressway, comprising the old city and its early suburbs. Many of its most vibrant neighborhoods never suffered “white flight”. Frankfort Ave. and all of the Highlands neighborhoods remain highly livable, with fine old Victorian houses and sturdy bungalows on shaded streets.

Outside the Watterson lies the modern suburbs, where you’ll find much of the city’s more expensive housing, and continued automobile spawned sprawl.

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Pre-merger Neighborhoods
Algonquin
Auburndale
Audubon
Avondale-Melbourne Heights
Bashford Manor
Beechmont
Belknap
Belmar
Bon Air
Bonnycastle
Bradley
Brownsboro-Zorn
Butchertown
California
Camp Taylor
Cherokee Gardens
Cherokee-Seneca
Cherokee Triangle
Chickasaw
Clifton
Clifton Heights
Cloverleaf
Crescent Hill
Deer Park
Douglass Loop
Downtown
Edgewood
Gardiner Lane
Germantown
Hallmark
Hawthorne
Hayfield Dundee
Hazelwood
Highland Park – Defunct
Highlands
Hikes Point
Irish Hill
Iroquois
Iroquois Park
Jacobs
Kenwood Hill
Klondike
Limerick
Merriwether
Old Louisville
Original Highlands
Paristown Pointe
Park DuValle
Park Hill
Parkland
Phoenix Hill
Poplar Level
Portland
Prestonia
Rockcreek-Lexington Road
Russell
Saint Joseph
Schnitzelburg
Shawnee
Shelby Park
Smoketown
South Louisville
Southland Park
Southside
Standiford – Defunct
Taylor-Berry
Tyler Park
Wilder Park
Wyandotte (also called Oakdale)

Unincorporated Places
Ashville (Glenmary)
Avoca
Beckley (Lake Forest)
Beechland Beach
Berrytown
Bethany
Boston
Buechel
Clark Station
Eastwood
English Station
Fairdale
Fairmount
Fern Creek
Fisherville
Freys Hill (Springhurst)
Goose Creek
Greenwood (Riverport)
Griffytown
Harrods Creek
Highview
Hopewell
Hunters Trace
Johnsontown
Juniper Beach
Knopp (Knopp-Melton)
Kosmosdale
Lake Dreamland
Lake Louisvilla
Lakeland
Long Run
Longview
Meadowlawn
Medora
Newburg
O’Bannon
Okolona
Orell
Parkwood
Penile
Petersburg
Plainview
Pleasure Ridge Park
Prairie Village
Riverside Gardens
Routt
Rubbertown
Saint Dennis
Seatonville
Smyrna
South Park
Springdale
Sylvania
Thixton
Transylvania Beach
Tucker Station
Valley Downs
Valley Gardens
Valley Station
Valley Village
Waverly Hills
Whitner
Wolf Creek
Worthington

Incorporated Places
Anchorage
Audubon Park
Bancroft
Barbourmeade
Beechwood Village
Bellemeade
Bellewood
Blue Ridge Manor
Briarwood
Broeck Pointe
Brownsboro Farm
Brownsboro Village
Cambridge
Coldstream
Creekside
Crossgate
Douglass Hills
Druid Hills
Fincastle
Forest Hills
Glenview
Glenview Hills
Glenview Manor
Goose Creek
Graymoor-Devondale
Green Spring
Heritage Creek (originally Minor Lane Heights)
Hickory Hill
Hills and Dales
Hollow Creek
Hollyvilla
Houston Acres
Hurstbourne
Hurstbourne Acres
Indian Hills
Jeffersontown
Keeneland
Kingsley
Langdon Place
Lincolnshire
Lyndon
Lynnview
Manor Creek
Maryhill Estates
Meadowbrook Farm

Incorporated Places (cont.)
Meadow Vale
Meadowview Estates
Middletown
Mockingbird Valley
Moorland
Murray Hill
Norbourne Estates
Northfield
Norwood
Old Brownsboro Place
Parkway Village
Plantation
Poplar Hills
Prospect
Richlawn
Riverwood
Rolling Fields
Rolling Hills
St. Matthews
Broad Fields
Cherrywood Village
Fairmeade
Plymouth Village
Springlee
St. Regis Park
Seneca Gardens
Shively
Spring Mill
Spring Valley
Strathmoor Manor
Strathmoor Village
Sycamore
Ten Broeck
Thornhill
Watterson Park
Wellington
West Buechel
Westwood
Whipps Millgate
Wildwood
Windy Hills
Woodland Hills
Woodlawn Park
Worthington Hills

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Strathmoor Village

Incorporated in 1928.

Louis Brandeis House

Louis Brandeis House

by | Dec 22, 2016 | Cool Architecture

Louis Brandeis House

Renaissance Revival style

The childhood home of Louis Brandeis. 310 E. Broadway, Renaissance Revival style, circa 1864. At the turn of the 20th century, Broadway was said to be the most beautiful residential avenue in the world. This is one of the last remaining mansions left standing after many hundreds of others were demolished. The residence was purchased by a German social club and a gymnasium was added to the rear, when it was the headquarters for the the American Turners.

 

Louis Brandeis – Wikipedia
American Turners

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310 E. Broadway

C. 1864. At the turn of the 20th century Broadway was said to have been the most beautiful residential avenue in the world.

Traditional Neighborhoods

Traditional Neighborhoods

by | Dec 16, 2016 | Neighborhoods, Traditional

Traditional Neighborhoods

Traditional Neighborhood

Louisville’s earliest neighborhoods developed in a compact manner, with buildings constructed close together on small lots, streets were built in a grid pattern with service access from alleys.

The wealthy traveled by horse and carriage, but most walked to where they needed to go. Corner stores served the daily needs of the neighborhoods and shopkeepers lived above their shops. The Portland and Butchertown neighborhoods still have examples of these types of businesses today.

When horse drawn street cars (c. 1864), and electric street cars (c. 1889) arrived, people relied less on walking, and newer commercial districts emerged along with housing within walking distance to street cars, while streets continued to be built along a grid. The development of the Olmsted Parks system in the late 1800s contributed to Louisville’s expansion towards the east, south, and west, and along the three main parkways: Eastern, Southern, and Algonquin.

Today, we think of these older neighborhoods as “traditional” because of their age, historic importance, and location, and other characteristics that include narrow lots, alleyways, on-street parking, curb side trees, a mix of housing and architectural styles, and nearby parks and green spaces.

Traditional neighborhoods are one of the more cherished patterns of earlier developments that have helped to create a new approach to land development, that includes zoning provisions and guidelines, to try to help shape new neighborhoods and commercial districts.

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Cherokee Triangle

Mid-block convenience store

125 E. Oak St.

19th century corner commercial

19th & Duncan Sts., Portland

Selma Hall

Selma Hall

by | Dec 13, 2016 | Architecture, Cool Architecture, National Register

Selma Hall

Selma Hall

Built in 1837 by a prominent citizen and merchant, Selema Hall is a restored plantation home with details befitting its antebellum roots. Combining Greek revival and Federal styles, the design may have been influenced by other ‘Jeffersonian’ period houses such as Farmington which was built 30 years earlier and is significantly smaller in plan and scale.

The main floor of the house is a half-level above grade, with the lower level containing bedrooms and other support spaces. The front portico shelters a porch and outside entrance to the basement.

Originally on 6,000 acres of farmland, the estate was purchased in the early 1920s and the subdivision of Riedling was created.

On the National Register of Historic Places.

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Selma Hall

2837 Riedling Dr.

Audubon Park

Audubon Park

by | Dec 12, 2016 | Historic Neighborhoods, National Register, Neighborhoods

Audubon Park

Audubon Park
The area evolved from 1000 acres granted to Colonel William Preston in 1773 by King George III as payment for services rendered during the French and Indian War, which at the time was still a part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Preston’s heirs used the land as farmland until the late 1800’s.

In 1906, 750 acres of the land was sold, and 150 acres was leased for development of the Audubon Park Country Club & Golf Course. Though not located within Audubon Park’s boundaries, the development of the golf course influenced the development of Audubon Park. In 1917, the federal government purchased 420 acres for Camp Zachary Taylor towards the S.E., leaving Audubon Park with 230 acres.

Five parks were developed as part of the original landscape plan. In homage to the naming of the city after naturalist and bird artist John James Audubon, all but two of the city’s twenty streets were given the name of birds.

The development of Audubon Park was considered a move toward “democratic architecture” which espoused socially conscious development, promoting health and welfare, along with a more natural environment, through careful planning and deed restriction’s to ensure a uniform appearance in setbacks and green spaces.

Audubon Park was promoted for its amenities: modern public utilities, along with fresh air and green space. The area’s higher elevation was another selling point to residents of flood-prone Louisville. Homes with more simple, less pretentious plans unlike Victorian-era styles were promoted.

The Interurban commuter rail system added the Okolona route in 1905, which ran from 4th and Jefferson Sts. downtown, through Audubon Park, and on out Preston Hwy. A stop was added to the line at Chickadee and Dove Roads.

The popularity of the automobile in the 1920’s led to the end of the Interurban in 1933, and the Interurban station became a single family dwelling and is located at 3218 Chickadee Rd. The last of the track was removed when sewers were installed in 1975.

The Audubon Park Garden Club, established in 1929, had a major role in the conservation of the parks and green spaces, promoting tree planting, and creating a natural environment for birds.

The City of Audubon Park was established in 1941.

Early building styles included bungalow and Craftsman homes, followed in the 1920-30’s by Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival. After WWII, Cape Cod and Colonial styles became popular.

Three massive stone ‘signature entrances’ gateways emphasized the enclave. Two of the original entrances still exist, one at Preston Hwy at Audubon Pky, and one at Oriole at Hess Ln. The third at Poplar Level Rd. was demolished during street widening in the 1960s.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Boundaries are Hess Ln. to the north, Eagle Pass to the east, Cardinal Dr. on the south, and Preston St. to the west.

www.audubonparkky.org

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Entrance at Preston Hwy.

1011 Audubon Pkwy.

1025 Audubon Pkwy.

1213 Audubon Pkwy.

1102 Audubon Pkwy.

1301 Audubon Pkwy.

1133 Cardinal Dr.

1116 Cardinal Dr.