Louisville's Columbia Building about 1900

Columbia Building about 1900 The Columbia Building

The Columbia was located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Main Streets. It was first known as the Commercial Club building, and later as simply The Commerce. It was also the first of the many Romanesque style commercial buildings that came to characterize the downtown Louisville of the early 20th Century, and of which so few examples remain today. Unbelievebly, the red brick over red sandstone building was criticized early on for its severity and lack of ornamentation.

The Columbia Building, about 1920

Introduction	The Thumbnail Images	Acknowledgements
The Old Post Office Demolition 1942-3 The Post Office in the 1920s The demolished interior The interior about 1900 Lincoln Park Site of River City Mall-(4th Street, 1920s)	The 2nd Presbyterian Church In ruins, 1956 2nd and Broadway St. X College The James C Ford Mansion The Ford Mansion in winter Enlargement Inside the Ford Mansion An Empty Lot	The Warren Memorial Church Demolition, 1958 The Warren Memorial in 1923 Norton Hall The Bus Station
The National Theater In ruins, 1952 In better days Show Time	The Masonic Temple In ruins, 1956	The Rialto Demolition, 1969 The Rialto during the 1920s
The Columbia Building Demolition 1966 Columbia Building ca. 1900 Columbia Building ca. 1920	The Washington Building Demolition 1973 In 1907 Cornice Detail	Clear-cutting the city Wholesale demolition, 1974 The Tyler Block, 1974 Tyler Block, 1931 A Foreign City Convention Center
	Conclusion