On July 26, 2022, WLKY News asked: Why is Louisville Gardens still sitting empty? Vital Sites had prepared some research on the 1905 Beaux Arts building for a downtown walking tour with Urban Design Studio in May 2021. The Jefferson County Armory / Louisville Gardens was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1980. Jefferson County allocated …
House Bill 659 raises the historic tax credits cap to $10 Million per project. This increase will greatly assist the rehabilitation of large existing historic structures (schools, commercial properties, etc.). HB 659 will provide more incentives to save historic buildings as well as promote sustainable ‘green’ construction. The bill will also double the per project cap for owner occupied …
Here from Instagram for #ThrowbackThursday? Check out the mentioned featured article about Macauley Theater by Vital Sites coordinator, Jessica McCarron. Written in 2016, it can still be found on the old Broken Sidewalk website. The First Christian Church at the corner of 4th and Walnut (now Muhammad Ali) was demolished in 1912 for construction of the Starks building. When Starks …
Happy Hour History: Historic House Happenings took place on Thursday, August 19. The recording for this episode has been posted on our videos and recordings page! Thanks to staff from Farmington Historic Plantation, Historic Locust Grove, the Conrad-Caldwell House Museum, Riverside – the Farnsley-Moremen Landing, and Oxmoor Farm Foundation for joining our conversation! Also thanks to mixology historian, Brian Cushing, …
Did you miss Happy Hour History: Historic Sites Near You! on June 17? Well, great news: you can watch the recording HERE. Or maybe you wanted to check out those links mentioned without re-watching the episode? Keep reading! But first, we invite you to check out all of our recordings so far at our new videos page. Then, stay up …
As of December 2020, the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Hertel Pharmacy / Schweitzer Pharmacy building is on its way to D.C. and the National Park Service! We’re hopeful that 2021 will bring with it more good news for our project. For instance, listing on the National Register will help provide tax incentives for future renovations at …
“Let me explain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up.”–Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride) Give For Good Louisville is still scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, but because everything else is different this year, the Community Foundation decided to open donations TODAY on Sept. 10! If you’re going to be busy on the 17th, you can make plans …
Stained glass has been in use since ancient times: even the Egyptians and Romans made colored glass objects. Christians incorporated stained glass windows into churches all the way back to the fourth century! These beautiful windows were and are still common in many buildings: churches, homes, and public buildings such as Union Station. Louisville is fortunate to have skilled craftsmen …
Welcome back, historic house lovers! If you missed Part 1 (city directories) and Part 2 (maps), you can check them out at those links. Part 1 describes how to get a temporary online library card if you don’t already have one, which will be necessary for today’s topic: Courier-Journal newspaper archives! If you have a subscription to newspapers.com, you can …