Vernacular Architecture

D. W. Griffith’s House On East Market Street

Silent film legend D. W. Griffith once called East Market Street home when his family was living in Louisville. Griffith was born in 1875...

Market Street Rebuild Finishing Dormers

The three-story row building on East Market Street near Shelby Street has been tearing itself apart and building itself back up over the last...

Louisville Chemical Building Ponders Future

The old Louisville Chemical Building on the corner of Jefferson Street and Hancock Street hasn't worked up any chemistry with developers since it went...

Deadzone: Whats Up On First Street?

We've been wondering what the deal is concerning a three-story brick building sort-of under renovation on First Street between Main Street and Market Street....

Historic Preservation Activity

Ouerbacker House Metro Louisville took control of this property on the corner of 17th Street and Jefferson Street from a foreclosed tax business in 2005...

Uncertain Fate of Baer Fabrics Building

The Baer Fabrics building on Market Street adjacent to Interstate 65 faces an uncertain and gloomy future. The Baer Fabrics Company closed its doors...