Lost Louisville
Lost Louisville: Van Camp Building on Shelby Street
On August 1st, we took a look at the old Ash Street Station / Hartstern Grocery that was recently destroyed by fire, but across...
Haymarket to Highway, Part 1: The History
The Haymarket maintains a special place in the collective conscious of Louisville's urban life. It represents a time of intense vitality in the city's...
Lost Louisville: Realty Building at Center and Jefferson Streets
One of Louisville's least-remembered large tear-down's occupied a prominent site across the street from the old courthouse, now Metro Hall, on what was then...
Lost Louisville: Circular Living at Ballard Mills
Jasper Ward, one of Louisville's visionary architects, was involved with a plan to convert the now demolished Ballard Mills on East Broadway into high-rise...
Lost Louisville: Belknap Warehouses
One of Louisville's largest industrial giants over the years was the Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company once located north of Main Street and east...
Lost Louisville: Tyler Hotel On Jefferson Street
At the end of its days, the Tyler Hotel, then known as the Milner, was a seedy joint situated in the heart of Louisville's...
Lost Louisville: Walnut Street’s Watterson Hotel
After writing about the Molee Building last week, I started thinking about a large structure that once sat directly east where the great interfaith...
Lost Louisville: Todd Building At Fourth & Market
Here's another in our Lost Louisville series where we showcase a great historic building that was demolished in the city. This is the Todd...
Lost Louisville: Sixth & Main’s Hamilton Bank Building
Today, the southeast corner of Sixth and Main streets is a surface level parking lot, but at one time, it was the grand Hamilton...