Vintage
Post Card Greetings
from Louisville
"City Hall, Louisville, Ky."
ca. 1905 - 1910.
The bell tower is a (very) few years newer than the rest of the Louisville City Hall. The original burned early. The building is a blend of predominantly Italianate and French Second Empire architecture. Close up, you can still see many fascinating ornaments and stone carvings relating to local industry and agriculture.
This view is taken from the Court House lawn. Where now there are mature plantings, in this view you see a lawn with an early spring flower garden. At the corner (of 6th and Jefferson), this view shows a cannon. We have no information on its significance, but would like to know. A statue of Louis XVI now occupies that spot. Louis XVI lent the city his name. The statue, by the Versailles court sculptor Valois, was a gift of Louisville's sister city, Montpellier.
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Vintage Postcard Views of Louisville
Old Louisville
Second Street
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
St James Court
Central Park
The Confederate Monument
Churches
Hotels
Schools
The 1937 FloodLouisville (the rest of the city)
Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby
The Old Court House
City Hall
East to West along Broadway
The Seelbach Hotel
Railroad Stations
Churches
Without extended descriptions:
Fourth Street
The Armory
Hotels
The Old Post Office and Customs House
City Parks
Cemeteries
Miscellaneous
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