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1315, 1317 and 1319 S. Second Street, 1300 Block  East Side
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Notes.  The addresses 1311 through 1321 are vexingly problematic.  We think that the early addresses 1313, 1315 and 1317 may be the present day addresses 1315, 1317 and 1319, because this triplex stylistically seems to have been built at the same time, and the three all appear in the directory around the same date (1893/1894).  The problem here is that the first of these addresses, 1313, disappears in 1909.  If 1313 was a separate building from the present 1315-1319, it would have had to have stood where the present day alley is located....or not.

Perhaps the present 1311 is a newer house on the site of 1311 & 1313, or incorporates one or the other.  Or 1311 is actually the old 1311, and another building north no longer exists (there is a large enough gap for that.).  But under those scenarios, you'd have to believe the southernmost portion of the triplex 1315-1319 was not built until 1911, even though it is a mate top the northernmost part of the building. 

And perhaps there were additional address number changes made just to throw us off.

Additionally, the now vacant lot at 1321 is large enough to have accommodated both 1319 (the one appearing in 1911, maybe not the present day 1319) and 1321.  There are enough cuts in the retaining wall here to support this possibility.

We have not found any one explanation that perfectly explains this row of houses.  We're only making best guesses based on house style and other physical features, but be aware that its possible we could be off by an address or two on some of these.  Debbie Richards Cash at Landmarks once warned us that the early addressing system on Old Louisville was a mess, and a lot of weird things went on back then.

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