Pictures of Old Louisville in Spring
Garvin Place, Ormsby Avenue
and the J. B. Speed House

All of the views below can be found steps from each other near the intersection of Garvin and Ormsby.  Garvin Place is a cul-de-sac extending to Oak Street and is lined with pleasant and well-tended Victorian homes.  The J. B. Speed House, facing Ormsby at the corner is not only one of Old Louisville's finest buildings, it was also once home to one of the city's most generous benefactors.  James Breckenridge Speed, along with his wife Hattie Bishop endowed the the city with its fine arts museum and the university with scholarships and its scientific school. 
Click on any of the thumbnails below to begin a virtual stroll:

Views of Garvin Place
    

Ormsby Avenue: