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Heritage & History
Explore landmarks, architecture, and stories spanning 200+ years
54 historical landmarks
Falls of the Ohio
Geological / Natural
Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, KY 40202
Springfield (Zachary Taylor Boyhood Home)
1790 • Federal
5608 Apache Rd, Louisville, KY 40207
Locust Grove
1790 • Georgian
561 Blankenbaker Ln, Louisville, KY 40207
Portland Historic District
1814 • Vernacular River Town
Portland, Louisville, KY 40212
Farmington Historic Plantation
1816 • Federal
3033 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205
Christ Church Cathedral
1822 • Gothic Revival
421 S 2nd St, Louisville, KY 40202
Butchertown Historic District
1827 • Vernacular / German Immigrant
Butchertown, Louisville, KY 40206
Louisville and Portland Canal
1830 • Canal Engineering
Portland Ave at 27th St, Louisville, KY 40212
Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing
1837 • Greek Revival
7410 Moorman Rd, Louisville, KY 40272
Old Bank of Louisville
1837 • Greek Revival
320 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Actors Theatre of Louisville
1837 • Greek Revival / Cast-Iron
316 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Eastern Cemetery
1844 • Rural Cemetery
641 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204
Cave Hill Cemetery
1848 • Rural Garden Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204
Old Louisville Historic District
1850 • Victorian
Old Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208
Phoenix Hill / NuLu Market District
1850 • Italianate Commercial
E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
Thomas Edison House
1850 • Shotgun Duplex
729-731 E Washington St, Louisville, KY 40202
21c Museum Hotel
1850 • Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
700 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Portland Museum
1852 • Italianate
2308 Portland Ave, Louisville, KY 40212
Whiskey Row
1852 • Cast-Iron Commercial
100-140 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
U.S. Marine Hospital
1852 • Italianate
2215 Portland Ave, Louisville, KY 40212
Cathedral of the Assumption
1852 • Neo-Gothic
433 S 5th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church
1854 • Gothic Revival
912 W Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40203
West Main Street Historic District
1855 • Cast-Iron Commercial
600-800 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Whitehall House and Gardens
1855 • Italianate / Classical Revival
3110 Lexington Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
Heigold House Facade
1857 • Italianate
Frankfort Ave at River Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
Louisville Water Tower
1860 • Classical Revival
3005 River Rd, Louisville, KY 40207
Jefferson County Courthouse (Metro Hall)
1860 • Greek Revival
527 W Jefferson St, Louisville, KY 40202
Louisville National Cemetery
1861 • National Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204
Smoketown Historic Neighborhood
1865 • Shotgun / Vernacular
Smoketown, Louisville, KY 40203
Russell Neighborhood (Louisville's Harlem)
1870 • Mixed Period
Russell Neighborhood, Louisville, KY 40212
Old Louisville Victorian District
1870 • Victorian Mixed
Third & Fourth Streets, Louisville, KY 40208
Brown-Forman Distillery
1870 • Industrial
2921 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY 40216
Churchill Downs
1875 • Victorian Twin Spires
700 Central Ave, Louisville, KY 40208
Kentucky Science Center
1878 • Cast-Iron Commercial
727 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Crescent Hill Reservoir
1879 • Gothic Revival
3000 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
Old Forester Distilling Co. (Whiskey Row)
1882 • Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
117 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company
1889 • Industrial / Adaptive Reuse
120 N 10th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Cherokee Park
1891 • Olmsted Pastoral
745 Cochran Hill Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
Iroquois Park
1891 • Olmsted Forest
1080 Amphitheater Rd, Louisville, KY 40214
Louisville Olmsted Park System
1891 • Olmsted Park System
Citywide, Louisville, KY
Shawnee Park
1892 • Olmsted Riverfront
4501 W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40211
Eastern Parkway
1893 • Olmsted Parkway
Eastern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40204
St. James Court Fountain
1893 • Victorian
St James Ct, Louisville, KY 40208
Greenwood Cemetery
1894 • Rural Cemetery
635 S 25th St, Louisville, KY 40212
Conrad-Caldwell House
1895 • Richardsonian Romanesque
1402 St James Ct, Louisville, KY 40208
Big Four Bridge
1895 • Truss Bridge
1101 River Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
Big Four Bridge Pylons
1895 • Truss Bridge
1101 River Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
Highlands / Bardstown Road Historic District
1900 • Streetcar Commercial
Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40204
Central Park (Old Louisville)
1904 • Olmsted Landscape
1340 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40208
Seelbach Hotel
1905 • Beaux-Arts
500 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Louisville Gardens
1905 • Beaux-Arts
525 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, Louisville, KY 40202
Western Branch Library
1908 • Carnegie Library
604 S 10th St, Louisville, KY 40203
Louisville Free Public Library Main Branch
1908 • Beaux-Arts
301 York St, Louisville, KY 40203
Belle of Louisville
1914 • Mississippi Steamboat
401 W River Rd, Louisville, KY 40202