General Notes:
* Resident occupations or notes have been added if known. If you can
supply more information on these houses or their early residents,
we'd love to hear from you. Email
information@oldlouisville.com.
*Years marked as "Vacant": can have several explanations or
possibilities. Obviously the house could actually have been
vacant, or the family may have been temporarily away during
canvassing, the address was between tenants, or the directory made
an error (no one home & no one to ask). In some cases it may
indicate a new building awaiting its first residents, or one ready
to be demolished to make way for a newer building.
* Many short-term residents (especially renters, boarders or
apartment house tenants) have been omitted
from this list. For more complete listings see our
History section and look for the
appropriate Excel file.
* Grayed out listings:
A building at this address that possibly, probably or definitely no
longer exists.
About the dates:
* After 1921, years are sampled 1927, 1933, 1938. A + sign
after a date reminds us that the resident may have also lived at this
address before or after these dates.
* 1884 is the earliest date we can easily find records for these
buildings. Any homes noted to be occupied in 1884 are often
older than that. But it should also be kept in mind that an
address record may represent more than one building over the years.
For example, a bungalow style house (early 20th C style, usually
teens to 30s), is probably a replacement for an earlier building on
the same site, especially where the address record goes back several
decades before. Click here
for a brief guide to house styles
* Years are inclusive. For example, a resident listed at an
address showing1890-1892 was listed in the directory
at his address for three years: 1890, 1891 and 1892.
Accuracy:
* There is no absolute guarantee of the accuracy of this
information.
* Addresses in red mean there may be
some question as to the matches between pre-1909 and present addresses.
While these are usually correct, further research may be needed.
After 1909, almost all addresses should be correct.
* Errors can often be found in original or secondary source material,
and probably we made some along the way as well.
* Corrections
are welcome and deeply appreciated, but please be kind. Many
hundreds of hours of work and quite some expense have gone into
researching these compilations, and harsh scolding only discourages
further work.
