"Third Avenue,
Louisville, Ky"
Shows part of the west side of Third Avenue
between Magnolia and Hill Street
Most of these homes are all still standing, the exception being the fifth, visible just this side of the stone tower. It burned during the late 1970s
This is now the 1400 block, but before the renumbering of the street in 1908/9, the 1600 block. From left to right (based on the 1902 Caron's City Directory):
1632, the residence built by distiller Samuel Grabfelder,
1628, the residence of William Matthews of WS Matthews & Sons
1624, the residence of the capitalist and future president of Churchill Downs, Samuel A. Culbertson,
1620, the home of David A. Walton of CJ Walton & Son
1618, the residence of capitalist Charles U. Shreve
1616, the home of Bernard Bernheim of Bernheim Bros. Distillery (stone tower)
Not clearly visible further on, 1614 (F.M. Sackett), 1612 (J. W. Green), 1606 (Mary J. Voris) and 1600 (S. R. Chambers)
Card printed by the Kyle Co., Louisville, Ky (1915-20)
Enlargement (107 sec & 56kbps)
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