National Register Listings in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Abbott, Leslie V., House
Abell House
Adath Israel Cemetery
Adath Israel Temple
Adath Jeshurun Temple and School
Allison-Barrickman House
Allison-Barrickman House (Boundary Increase)
Almsted Brothers Building
Altawood Historic District
Anchorage Historic District
Anchorage, The
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple
Arcadia Apartments
Ashbourne
Atherton Carriage House
Audubon Park Historic District
Avery, B. F., and Sons Industrial District
Axton, Wood F., Hall, Simmons University
Axton-Fisher Tobacco Company Warehouse
Aydelott House
Baker-Hawkins House
Ballard, Rogers Clark, Memorial School
Bank of Middletown
Bannon, Martin Jeff (M.J.), House
Bannon, Patrick, House
Barber-Barbour House
Bates, Levin, House
Bayless House
Bayly-Schroering House
Beech Lawn
Beechland
Belknap, Willam R., School
BELLE OF LOUISVILLE (steamer)
Belleview
Bellevoir-Ormsby Village
Bernheim Distillery Bottling Plant
Berry Hill
Beynroth House
Bingham-Hilliard Doll House
Blankenbaker Station
Board of Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Bodley, Temple, Summer House
Bonavita-Weller House
Bonnycot
Bosler Fireproof Garage
Bowman Field Historic District
Bradford Mills
Brandeis House
Brandeis, Albert S., Elementary School
Brass Finishing Building, Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
Bray Place
Breslin Building
Bridges, C. A., Tobacco Warehouse
Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church
Brown Hotel Building and Theater
Brown Tobacco Warehouse
Brown, J.T.S., and Son's Complex
Brown, James, House
Brown, Theodore, House
Buildings at 900-906 East Main Street
Bull, William, House
Bullock-Clifton House
Bush, Cornelia, House
Bush, S. S., House
Business Women's Club, The
Butchertown Historic District
Calvary Episcopal Church
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
Caperton Block
Cardinal Hill Reservoir
Carmichael House
Castleman, John B., Monument (Additional Documentation)
Cathedral of the Assumption
Cave Hill Cemetery
Cave Hill National Cemetery
Cedarbrook Farm
Central Colored School
Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylum
Chenoweth Fort-Springhouse
Chenoweth House
Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District
Chestnut Street Baptist Church/Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Chrisler House
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ the King School and Church
Church of Our Merciful Saviour
Church of the Messiah
Churchill Downs
Citizens National Life Insurance Building
Clifton Historic District
Clifton Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Clore, James, House
Clover Hill
Coldeway House
College Street Presbyterian Church
Columbian School
Commodore Apartment Building
Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown
Confederate Monument in Louisville
Conrad, Theophilus T., House-Rose Anna Hughes Presbyterian Widows Home
Cooper Memorial Church
Cornwall and Brown Houses
Country Estates of River Road
Courteney, James, House
Cox, Carrie Gaulbert and Attilla Cox, Jr., House
Crescent Hill Branch Library
Crescent Hill Historic District
Crescent Hill Reservoir
Cumberland, The
Davis Tavern
Diamond Fruit Farm
Diamond Fruit Farm (Boundary Increase)
Diebold, Anton, House
Diebold, J. W., Jr. House
District #1
District #2
Dodd, William J., Residence
Doerhoefer, Basil, House
Doerhoefer, Peter C., House
Doerhoefer-Hampton House
Dogwood Hill
Dolfinger, J., and Company Building
Drumanard (Boundary Increase)
Dumesnil Street ME Church
Duncan, Stuart E. and Annie L., Estate
Eastwood School
Eclipse Woolen Mill
Edgewood
Eight-Mile House
Eitel, Otto F., House
Electric Building
Elks Athletic Club
Emerson School
Engelhard House
Epworth Methodist Evangelical Church
Ewing, D. H., & Sons Creamery
Falls City Jeans and Woolen Mills
Farmington
Farnsley, David, House
Farnsley-Moremen House
Fifth Ward School
Filson Club, The
Fincastle
Finzer, J., and Brothers Company Building
Finzer, Nicholas, House
Fire Department Headquarters
Firehouse No. 13
First Christian Church
First Lutheran Church
First National Bank-Kentucky Title Company Building
First Street District
Fisher House
Fishpool Plantation
Fitzhugh House
Ford Motor Company, Louisville Plant
Ford Motor Plant
Forrester House
Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank, Henry, House
Funk, Harriet, House
Funk, James H., House
Gaar-Fenton House
Gaffney House
Gardencourt Historic District
Garr House
German Bank Building
German Evangelical Church of Christ Complex
German Insurance Bank
Givens Headley and Co. Tobacco Warehouse
Glenview Historic District
Goose, Roscoe, House
Gordon, Cornelia, House
Green Tree Manor Residential Historic District
Greve, Buhrlage, and Company
Greve, Buhrlage, and Company
Grove, Benjamin, House
Gwathmey, Richard, House
Hadley, Mary Alica, House
Haldeman House
Hamilton Brothers Warehouse
Hannah House
Harig, Koop & Company-Columbia Mantel Company
Harrods Creek Historic District
Haury Motor Company Showroom and Garage
Hausgen House
Hayfield
Head House
Herr-Rudy Family Houses
Hertel Pharmacy
Heyburn Building
Heywood, John H., Elementary School
Highlands Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Hikes Family Houses
Hikes-Hunsinger House
Hillcrest
Hite, Abraham, House
Hite-Chenoweth House
Hite-Foree Log House
Hoke, Andrew, House
Holy Cross Catholic Church, School and Rectory
Holy Name Church Rectory, Convent and School
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3
Hook and Ladder Company No. 4
Hook and Ladder Company No. 5
Hope Worsted Mills
Hord, Robert, House
Horner House
House of Weller
Howard-Gettys House
Howard-Hardy House
Hughes, E.L., Company Building
Humphrey-McMeekin House
Ideal Theatre
Immanuel Chapel Protestant Episcopal Church
Inter-Southern Insurance Building
Irvin, James F., House
Jacob, Charles D, Elementary School
Jacob, Jefferson, School
Jefferson Branch Louisville Free Public Library
Jefferson County Armory
Jefferson County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse Annex
Jefferson County Jail
Jeffersontown Colored School
Jewish Hospital Complex
Johnston, J. Stoddard, Elementary School
Jones Estate
Jones House
Judge Kirby House
Kaufman-Straus Building
Keneseth Israel Synagogue
Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm
Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm (Boundary Increase)
Kentucky Home School for Girls
Kentucky National Bank
Kentucky Street School
Kentucky Wagon Works
Kirby, Harriet Griswold and Judge Samuel Bonner, House
Klotz Confectionary Company
Knights of Pythias Temple
Kosmosdale Depot
Kurfees Paint Company
Ladless Hill
Landward House
Leatherman House
LeCompte Saloon
Lee, Addison W., House
Levy Brothers Building
Lewis, Dr. John, House
Lewiston House
Limerick Historic District
Limerick Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Lincliff
Lindenberger-Grant House
Little Loomhouses
Locust Avenue
Locust Grove
Loew's and United Artists State Theatre
Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building
Louisville City Hall Complex
Louisville Cotton Mills
Louisville Free Public Library
Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch
Louisville Gas and Electric Company Service Station Complex
Louisville Grocery Company Building
Louisville Male High School
Louisville Municipal Bridge, Pylons and Administration Building
Louisville Trust Building
Louisville Veterans Administration Hospital
Louisville War Memorial Auditorium
Louisville Water Company Pumping Station
Lowell, James Russell, Elementary School
Lower West Market Street District
Lyndon Cottage
Lynn Acres Garden Apartments
Lynnford-Lyndon Hall
Madrid Building
Maghera Glass-Ormsby Hall
Main Street District, Expanded
Marders, Jefferson, House
Marlow Place Bungalows District
Marmaduke Building
Marshall, John, Sr., House
Marvin, Dr. J. B., House
Masonic Hall
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home
May, Robert, House
MAYOR ANDREW BROADDUS
McBride's Harrods Creek Landing
McClure House
McFerran, J. B., School
Meek-Miller House
Mengel Box Company
Merriwether House
Middletown Inn
Middletown United Methodist Church
Midlands
Miller Paper Company Buildings
Mockingbird Valley Historic District
Monon Freight Depot
Montgomery Street School
Moore, Simeon, House
Most Blessed Sacrament School
Municipal College Campus, Simmons University
Murray, Dr. John, Farm
Nash-McDonald House
National Foundry and Machine Company
National Tobacco Work Branch Stemmery
National Tobacco Works
National Tobacco Works Branch Drying House
Nelson Distillery Warehouse
New Enterprise Tobacco Warehouse
Newland Log House
Nitta Yuma Historic District
Nock House
Nock House (Boundary Increase)
Nugent House
Oakdale District
Old Louisville Residential District
Old Louisville Residential District (Boundary Increase)
Old Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Old U.S. Customshouse and Post Office
Old U.S. Customshouse and Post Office and Fireproof Storage Company Warehouse (Boundary Increase)
Olmstead Park System
Olympic, The
Omer/Pound House
Oxmoor
Paget House and Heigold House Facade
Parkland Evangelical Church
Parkland Historic District
Parkland Junior High School
Peaslee-Gaulbert Warehouse
Pendennis Club
Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian Church
Peterson Avenue Hill
Peterson-Dumesnil House
Phoenix Hill Historic District
Pirtle House
Planter's Tobacco Warehouse
Porter-Todd House
Portland Historic District
Portland Proper
Presbyterian Manse
Presentation Academy
Preston-St. Catherine Street Historic District
Puritan Apartment Hotel
Railway Depot
Rauchfuss Houses
Reed, J. V., and Company
Reilly, J.J., Manufacturing Building
Repton
Republic Building
Ridgeway
Rockdale
Rockledge
Ronald-Brennan House
Roosevelt, Theodore, Elementary School
Rose Hill
Rossmore Apartment House
Russell Historic District
Russell Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Saint Frances of Rome School
Saint Francis of Assisi Complex
Savoy Historic District
Schneikert, Valentine, House
Schuster Building
Sears, Roebuck and Company Store
Second and Market Streets Historic District
Seelbach Hotel
Selema Hall
Seventh Street School
Shady Brook Farm
Shafer's Hall
Shallcross
Shawnee Elementary School
Shawnee High School
Shelby Park Branch Library
Sherley Mansion
Shwab House
Simeon Lewis Rural Historic District
Simrall-Warfield House
Smoketown Historic District
Snapp House
Snead Manufacturing Building
Soldiers Retreat
South Central Bell Company Office Building
South Louisville Reformed Church
Southern Heights-Beechmont District
Southern National Bank
Speed Building
Spring Station
St George's Roman Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, Convent, and School
St. Bartholomew Parish School
St. Cecilia School Building
St. Columba Catholic Campus
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church
St. George's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory (Boundary Increase)
St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School
St. James-Belgravia Historic District
St. Lukes Church
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School
St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish House
St. Peter's German Evangelical Church
St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, School, and Rectory
St. Vincent DePaul Church, Rectory, School, St. Ursula Home and Convent
St.Bonifacius Kirche Complex
Starks Building
Steam Engine Company No. 10
Steam Engine Company No. 11
Steam Engine Company No. 18
Steam Engine Company No. 2
Steam Engine Company No. 20
Steam Engine Company No. 20
Steam Engine Company No. 21
Steam Engine Company No. 22
Steam Engine Company No. 3
Steam Engine Company No. 4
Steam Engine Company No. 7
Steam Engine Company No.4
Stephen Foster Elementary School
Stewart's Dry Goods Company Building
Stewart, W.K., Bookstore
Stitzel, Arthur P., House
Stivers, Zodia, House
Stout, Ben, House
Struss House
Stuart Building
Stucky House
Sunnyside
Taggart House
Taylor, Zachary, House
Taylor, Zachary, National Cemetery
Theater Building
Thierman Apartments
Third and Jefferson Streets Historic District
Third and Market Streets Historic District
Thompson, James, House
Thornburgh House
Three Mile Tollhouse
Tiller, F. M., House
Tingley, George H., Elementary School
Tobacco Realty Company
Tompkins-Buchanan House
Trade Mart Building
Trigg, James, House
Tucker, Hazael, Farm (Boundary Increase)
Tucker, Hazael, House
Tway House
Twin Gates Carriage House
Tyler Hotel
Tyler Settlement Rural Historic District
Tyler, Moses, House
Tyler, Robert, Place
Tyler-Muldoon House
U.S. Marine Hospital
Union Monument in Louisville
Union Station
United States Marine Hospital of Louisville
United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House
Universal Car Company
University of Louisville Belknap Campus
University of Louisville Library
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Ursuline Academy and Convent
Virginia Avenue Colored School
Vogt, Henry, Machine Company Shop
Von Allmen Dairy Farm House
Walker, James, House
Walnut Street Theater
Warehouse A, Brown-Forman Corporation
Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitarium Historic Buildings
Webb, John, House
Wedekind House and Servant's Quarters
Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments
West Main Street Historic District
West Main Street Historic District, Expanded
Western Junior High School
Westwood Farm
Whiskey Row Historic District
White Mills Distillery Company
Whiteside Bakery
Widman's Saloon and Grocery
Wilhoyte House
Williams, Abraham L., L & N Guest House
Williams, Eustace, House
Wilson, David, House
Winchester House
Winkworth
Winston's, Dr., House
Wirth, Lang and Company-The Louisville Leather Company Tannery Building
Wolf Pen Branch Mill
Woodbourne House
Woodside/John T. Bate House
Wrampelmeier Furniture Company
Wright and Taylor Building
Y.M.C.A. Building
Yager House
Yenowine, George B., House
Yenowine-Kennedy House
About Jefferson County
Jefferson County Timeline
Jefferson County, Kentucky has a rich and diverse history dating back thousands of years. The region was originally inhabited by Native American tribes, including the Cherokee and Shawnee, who relied on the fertile lands along the Ohio River for sustenance and trade. European settlement began in the late 18th century, with the establishment of forts and trading posts along the river. In 1780, Louisville, the county seat of Jefferson County, was founded by George Rogers Clark and named in honor of King Louis XVI of France.
During the 19th century, Jefferson County experienced rapid growth and became a center of industry and commerce. The completion of the Louisville and Portland Canal in 1830 allowed for increased river traffic and helped establish Louisville as a major inland port. The city became a hub for the tobacco and bourbon industries, with numerous distilleries and warehouses operating within the county. In addition to its economic growth, the county also played a significant role in the Civil War, serving as a strategic location for both Union and Confederate forces.
The 20th century brought further development and modernization to Jefferson County. The Louisville Municipal Bridge, now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, was completed in 1929, connecting the city to southern Indiana and facilitating interstate travel. The county also experienced significant changes in demographics and urbanization, as the population grew and diverse communities emerged. Notably, the African American population in the county expanded during the Great Migration, leading to the establishment of vibrant neighborhoods such as Russell and Parkland.
Today, Jefferson County continues to be a vibrant and thriving county. With a population of over 770,000, it is the most populous county in Kentucky. The county is home to a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, and tourism. Additionally, Jefferson County is known for its rich cultural heritage, with numerous museums, galleries, and cultural events that celebrate the county's diverse history.
During the 19th century, Jefferson County experienced rapid growth and became a center of industry and commerce. The completion of the Louisville and Portland Canal in 1830 allowed for increased river traffic and helped establish Louisville as a major inland port. The city became a hub for the tobacco and bourbon industries, with numerous distilleries and warehouses operating within the county. In addition to its economic growth, the county also played a significant role in the Civil War, serving as a strategic location for both Union and Confederate forces.
The 20th century brought further development and modernization to Jefferson County. The Louisville Municipal Bridge, now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, was completed in 1929, connecting the city to southern Indiana and facilitating interstate travel. The county also experienced significant changes in demographics and urbanization, as the population grew and diverse communities emerged. Notably, the African American population in the county expanded during the Great Migration, leading to the establishment of vibrant neighborhoods such as Russell and Parkland.
Today, Jefferson County continues to be a vibrant and thriving county. With a population of over 770,000, it is the most populous county in Kentucky. The county is home to a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, and tourism. Additionally, Jefferson County is known for its rich cultural heritage, with numerous museums, galleries, and cultural events that celebrate the county's diverse history.
Jefferson County Timeline
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Jefferson County, Kentucky.
- 1780- Jefferson County established as an original Kentucky county.
- 1785- Louisville, the county seat, officially founded.
- 1803- The Methodist Episcopal Church establishes its first church in Louisville.
- 1838- Construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal begins.
- 1855- The Louisville Free Public Library opens.
- 1861- The American Civil War begins, and Louisville becomes a key Union supply base.
- 1875- The Southern Exposition, a world's fair-style event, is held in Louisville.
- 1905- Churchill Downs hosts the first Kentucky Derby.
- 1937- The Ohio River flood causes widespread devastation in Jefferson County.
- 1946- The Louisville Cardinals basketball team wins the National Invitation Tournament.
- 1956- The Kentucky Kingdom amusement park opens in Louisville.
- 1974- The Muhammad Ali Center, a museum dedicated to the famous boxer, opens in Louisville.
- 1984- The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts opens in Louisville.
- 1996- The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory opens.
- 2013- The KFC Yum! Center, a sports and entertainment arena, opens in Louisville.