Heritage & History
Explore landmarks, architecture, and stories spanning 200+ years
LandmarkFalls of the Ohio
Geological / Natural
ResidenceSpringfield (Zachary Taylor Boyhood Home)
1790 • Federal
ResidenceLocust Grove
1790 • Georgian
DistrictPortland Historic District
1814 • Vernacular River Town
ResidenceFarmington Historic Plantation
1816 • Federal
ArchitectureChrist Church Cathedral
1822 • Gothic Revival
DistrictButchertown Historic District
1827 • Vernacular / German Immigrant
InfrastructureLouisville and Portland Canal
1830 • Canal Engineering
ResidenceRiverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing
1837 • Greek Revival
ArchitectureOld Bank of Louisville
1837 • Greek Revival
ArchitectureActors Theatre of Louisville
1837 • Greek Revival / Cast-Iron
CemeteryEastern Cemetery
1844 • Rural Cemetery
CemeteryCave Hill Cemetery
1848 • Rural Garden Cemetery
DistrictOld Louisville Historic District
1850 • Victorian
DistrictPhoenix Hill / NuLu Market District
1850 • Italianate Commercial
ResidenceThomas Edison House
1850 • Shotgun Duplex
Architecture21c Museum Hotel
1850 • Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
MuseumPortland Museum
1852 • Italianate
DistrictWhiskey Row
1852 • Cast-Iron Commercial
ArchitectureU.S. Marine Hospital
1852 • Italianate
ResidenceCathedral of the Assumption
1852 • Neo-Gothic
ArchitectureQuinn Chapel A.M.E. Church
1854 • Gothic Revival
DistrictWest Main Street Historic District
1855 • Cast-Iron Commercial
ResidenceWhitehall House and Gardens
1855 • Italianate / Classical Revival
ArchitectureHeigold House Facade
1857 • Italianate
InfrastructureLouisville Water Tower
1860 • Classical Revival
ArchitectureJefferson County Courthouse (Metro Hall)
1860 • Greek Revival
CemeteryLouisville National Cemetery
1861 • National Cemetery
DistrictSmoketown Historic Neighborhood
1865 • Shotgun / Vernacular
DistrictRussell Neighborhood (Louisville's Harlem)
1870 • Mixed Period
ArchitectureOld Louisville Victorian District
1870 • Victorian Mixed
ArchitectureBrown-Forman Distillery
1870 • Industrial
ArchitectureChurchill Downs
1875 • Victorian Twin Spires
MuseumKentucky Science Center
1878 • Cast-Iron Commercial
InfrastructureCrescent Hill Reservoir
1879 • Gothic Revival
ArchitectureOld Forester Distilling Co. (Whiskey Row)
1882 • Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
ArchitectureKentucky Peerless Distilling Company
1889 • Industrial / Adaptive Reuse
LandmarkCherokee Park
1891 • Olmsted Pastoral
LandmarkIroquois Park
1891 • Olmsted Forest
LandmarkLouisville Olmsted Park System
1891 • Olmsted Park System
LandmarkShawnee Park
1892 • Olmsted Riverfront
InfrastructureEastern Parkway
1893 • Olmsted Parkway
LandmarkSt. James Court Fountain
1893 • Victorian
CemeteryGreenwood Cemetery
1894 • Rural Cemetery
ArchitectureConrad-Caldwell House
1895 • Richardsonian Romanesque
InfrastructureBig Four Bridge
1895 • Truss Bridge
InfrastructureBig Four Bridge Pylons
1895 • Truss Bridge
DistrictHighlands / Bardstown Road Historic District
1900 • Streetcar Commercial
LandmarkCentral Park (Old Louisville)
1904 • Olmsted Landscape
ArchitectureSeelbach Hotel
1905 • Beaux-Arts
ArchitectureLouisville Gardens
1905 • Beaux-Arts
ArchitectureWestern Branch Library
1908 • Carnegie Library
ArchitectureLouisville Free Public Library Main Branch
1908 • Beaux-Arts
MaritimeBelle of Louisville
1914 • Mississippi Steamboat
ArchitectureKnights of Pythias Temple (Chestnut Street YMCA)
1915 • Commercial
LandmarkChickasaw Park
1923 • Olmsted Riverfront
InfrastructureBrown Hotel
1923 • English Renaissance
ArchitectureBrown Hotel Building and Theater
1923 • English Renaissance
ArchitectureBrown Theater
1925 • Renaissance Revival
ArchitectureWaverly Hills Sanatorium
1926 • Tudor Gothic
MuseumSpeed Art Museum
1927 • Neoclassical / Modern
CemeteryZachary Taylor National Cemetery
1928 • National Cemetery
LandmarkSeneca Park
1928 • Olmsted Recreational
ArchitecturePendennis Club
1928 • Georgian Revival
ArchitectureLoew's State Theatre (Louisville Palace)
1928 • Spanish Baroque
ArchitectureAdath Jeshurun Temple
1928 • Byzantine Revival
LandmarkSpirit of the American Doughboy
1928 • Figurative Bronze
ArchitectureLouisville Palace Theatre
1928 • Spanish Baroque / Atmospheric
ArchitectureLouisville Memorial Auditorium
1929 • Art Deco
DistrictGeorge Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge
1929 • Cantilevered Truss
ArchitectureKeneseth Israel Synagogue
1929 • Romanesque Revival
MaritimeMayor Andrew Broaddus
1929 • Lifesaving Station
ResidenceLouisville Mega Cavern
1930 • Underground/Industrial
ArchitectureLouisville Defender Newspaper Building
1933 • Commercial Vernacular
ArchitectureStitzel-Weller Distillery
1935 • Industrial
ResidenceMuhammad Ali Childhood Home
1947 • Shotgun Vernacular
ResidenceLyman T. Johnson Home
1949 • Mid-Century Vernacular
LandmarkCentral High School (Old Central)
1952 • Mid-Century Institutional
ResidenceAnne Braden Memorial Center
1955 • Mid-Century Vernacular
ArchitectureHogan's Fountain Pavilion
1965 • Mid-Century Modern
ArchitectureKentucky Center for the Performing Arts
1983 • Modernist
MuseumKentucky Derby Museum
1985 • Modern
LandmarkBooker T. Washington Memorial
1989 • Figurative Bronze
ArchitectureFalls of the Ohio State Park
1990 • Natural/Geological
MuseumLouisville Slugger Museum
1996 • Modern Industrial
LandmarkYork Statue (Lewis & Clark)
2003 • Figurative Bronze
MuseumFrazier History Museum
2004 • Modern
MuseumMuhammad Ali Center
2005 • Modern/Postmodern
MuseumKentucky Center for African American Heritage
2010 • Modern / Adaptive Reuse
MuseumEvan Williams Bourbon Experience
2013 • Modern / Heritage Site