Memorial Auditorium

Historical marker location:

Louisville, Kentucky

( Fourth & Kentucky Sts., Louisville)

Construction began in 1927 as a tribute to Louisvillians who died in First World War. Architect of the Greek Revival building was Thomas Hastings, assisted by E. T. Hutchings. On Decoration Day, May 30, 1929, the War Memorial Auditorium was dedicated. Within its walls Louisville's cultural life flourished, despite the dismal years of the Great Depression.

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Performers at Memorial

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Nov. 1931

Ignace Paderewski - Mar. 1933

George Gershwin - Feb. 1934

George M. Cohan - Feb. 1935

Helen Hayes - Mar. 1935

Ethel Barrymore - Oct. 1935

Marian Anderson - Dec. 1939

Artur Rubinstein - Feb. 1948

Mikhail Baryshnikov - Nov. 1978

The Peking Opera - Oct. 1980

Presented by Bellarmine College Students.

Actors Louisville World War I