Crescent Hill

The area was originally called “Beargrass” because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek. Development occurred during the 1850s when the Louisville and Lexington turnpike (Frankfort Ave.) and the Louisville and Frankfort railroad were built through the area.

In 1853 the 38-acre fairgrounds were built and were used to host the Agriculture and Technology fair. In 1883, St. Joseph’s Orphanage moved away from downtown and was built on the site. Around the same time large estate lots began to be subdivided as people moved farther away from the city. Louisville annexed the area in the late 1800s.

An F4 tornado ripped through the middle of the neighborhood in April, 1974.

In the early 1980s the Crescent Hill Community Council formed the Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation and purchased the house at 301 S. Peterson from the Jefferson County Board of Education.

Attractions in Crescent Hill include many popular locally-owned restaurants, bars, shops, and galleries on Frankfort Ave; and the Louisville Water Company Crescent Hill Reservoir, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Peterson-Dumesnil House.

The neighborhood is bounded by Brownsboro Rd. on the north, St. Matthews on the east (roughly Cannons Ln.), Lexington Rd. on the west, and Ewing Ave. on the west.

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Peterson-Dumesnil House