Vintage
Post Card Greetings
from Louisville
"Union Station,
10th Street and Broadway, Louisville, Ky."
Post card mailed in 1910
This station was begun in 1880 and finished in 1891, after a nearly decade-long delay in construction because of costs until work resumed in 1889. It was built for the L & N (Louisville & Nashville) railroad, and for years was the largest passenger railroad station in the South. Rail service ceased at Union Station in 1976. The building still survives at 10th and Broadway as the headquarters for TARC, the city bus system. A hopeful sign: limited passenger rail service returned to Union Station in 2001.
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
Post cards and info courtesy of and
from
the historic collections of Old Louisville's
Samuel Culbertson Mansion.
|