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Item Title
Location531 West Jefferson Street,
Louisville, KY
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS KY-117
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-34).
Building/structure dates:
1836 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1858 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1906 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1949 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1966 subsequent work
Significance: Designed in 1835 by the noted Greek Revival architect, Gideon Shryock, the Jefferson County Courthouse stands as one of the major surviving monuments to that style.
Subjects
Courthouses
Related Names
Shryock, Gideon
Davis, Brinton Beauregard
Fink, Albert
Stancliffe, C. S.
Matthews, J. L. C.
Wagner, Walter C.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
2. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHEAST
3. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHWEST
4. DETAIL OF PORTICO, SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHEAST
5. DETAIL OF PORTICO, SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHWEST
DETAIL OF PORTICO, SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHWEST
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