Preservation Louisville has announces its Louisville Metro’s 2013 Top 10 Endangered Historic Places and Top 10 Preservation Successes lists: Endangered Historic Places 1. Vacant & Abandoned Properties: Shotgun Houses 2. Colonial Gardens 3. Mid Century Modern structures 4. Ouerbacker House 5. Corner Store Fronts 6. Roscoe Goose house 7. Lampton Baptist Church 8. Doerhorfer house [...]
Pre-registration required. Preservation Louisville, Inc., The Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., 502-540-5146, is offering a Top Ten Trolley Tour through Louisville Metro’s historic neighborhoods to learn more about Preservation Louisville’s 2013 Top Ten Lists. See some of the Endangered Historic Places in our community as well as some of the recent Preservation [...]
April 30, 2013 – 11:00 am
“Preservation Conversation” Grady Clay on Louisville” is at U of L’s Ekstrom Library through May. The exhibition highlights the Louisville journalist and urban design specialist’s work. For more information, contact Peter Morrin at 852-2361.
January 14, 2013 – 12:00 pm
Advanced registration is required. Preservation Louisville, Inc., The Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., is hosting a Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. led by Joe Pierson, Historic Preservation TaxCredit Consultant with Pinion Advisors.
November 30, 2012 – 2:00 pm
KNPRINTS is having a Holiday Event Sale on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 1-5 p.m. upstairs at RYE, 900 E. Market St. They will be featuring hand-printed scarves, stoles and shawls. Revelry Boutique Gallery, 980 Barret Ave., 414-1ART, will be showing “Scenes for the Season” during Bardstown Road Aglow on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 6-10 p.m. [...]
October 31, 2012 – 11:00 am
Advance registration is required. The next Hands on History Workshop at Preservation Louisville, Inc., The Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth S., 540-5146 is on stained glass windows. The Saturday, Nov. 10 workshop will cover the basic steps taken to restore a historic stained glass window. Participants will learn methods and techniques of repair using [...]
Preservation Louisville, 530-5146, 631 S. Fifth St., has announced its 2012 Top 10 Endangered Places and Preservation Successes: Endangered: 1. Shotgun Houses 2. Colonial Gardens 3. Mid-Century Modern structures 4. Park Hill district 5. Corner Store Fronts 6. Roscoe Goose house 7. Historic Properties in the proposed bridge route 8. Doerhoefer mansion 9. Padget house [...]
The Bluegrass Art Experience during the Memorial Day weekend is family friendly, multifaceted art festival, which offers a unique environment to showcase the vast variety of art being created in Kentucky and the region. A performing arts stage will be set up for music, dance, theater, spoken word, and comedy. 50-75 individual tented booth spaces [...]
Reservations required. Preservation Louisville is conducting a Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop on Tuesday, May 29 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. This upcoming workshop is meant for small business owners, non-profits and commercial property owners. The workshop will assist property owners with applying for state and federal historic preservation tax credits. The workshop is held at [...]
The Brennan House, 631 S. 5th St., and the Levy Building, 235 W. Market St., have been awarded historical markers by the Kentucky Historical Society. The markers will be dedicated later this month.
Edith Bingham and Linda Bruckheimer are to be honored for their contributions to the preservation of Kentucky’s heritage at Preservation Kentucky’s Annual Meeting and Reception on Friday, April 13 from 6-8:30 p.m. The event will be held at Whiskey Row Lofts, 131 W. Main St. The meeting portion of the event will be from 6-6:30 p.m. with awards for [...]
January 20, 2012 – 2:00 pm
On Sunday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m., the Louisville Historical League will be handing out awards to individuals and groups who have contributed to Louisville history in 2011. Award recipients include Steve Porter, who will receive the LHL Founder’s Award; J. Blaine Hudson, Ken Clay, and Mervin Aubespin, authors of the new book “Two Centuries [...]
October 11, 2011 – 9:53 am
To further celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Fairness Campaign, Preservation Louisville is partnering with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization to increase awareness of historic LGBT sites in Louisville. Along with spotlighting 105 W. Main St., which is a Louisville Local Landmark and part of the “Whiskey Row Historic District” in the National Register of Historic Places, [...]
September 2, 2011 – 12:00 pm
In honor of its LEED Platinum certification earlier this year by the U.S.Green Building Council (USGBC), The Green Building, 732 E. Market St., 561-1162, will host an official plaque ceremony and exhibition reception for the public on Friday, Sept. 2 from 5-9 p.m. (plaque ceremony at 6 p.m.). Presented by the Kentucky Chapter of the [...]
August 12, 2011 – 10:00 am
Preservation Louisville, 631 S. Fifth St., is partnering with Macy’s to “Shop for a Cause” on Aug. 27. Purchase a $5 card from Preservation Louisville and receive up to 20% off items purchased at Macy’s on that day. All proceeds from the card purchase go directly to Preservation Louisville. Contact Preservation Louisville at 502-540-5146 or [...]
According to the Courier-Journal, The Neighborhood Planning and Preservation advocacy group wants to establish a downtown preservation district, with boundaries of Ninth Street, Breckinridge Street, Interstate 65 and the Ohio River, that would offer greater protection to historic buildings. The preservation district would be similar to districts in such neighborhoods as the Cherokee Triangle, Old [...]
Friday, July 15 Visitors Center 218 W. Oak St. • 637-2922 www.ghostsofoldlouisville.com $25; 9 p.m. According to history buff David Domine, Old Louisville is quickly gaining a reputation for being the most haunted neighborhood in the country. “Old Louisville is the perfect spot for a ghost tour, because nowhere else in the country do you [...]
The Communities of Southern Indiana are presenting an Art Trolley Hop on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Trolleys will leave all day from the Howard Steamboat Museum on the hour and the Arts Council of Southern Indiana and Hidden Hill on the 1/2 hour. $15 includes admission and transportation to all three locations. [...]
Preservation Louisville has announced its 2011 Top 10 Most Endangered Historic Places & Top 10 Preservation Successes. A “most endangered” list is a preservation tool for recognizing sites with historic, cultural or archaeological significance that are directly threatened or in immediate danger of being lost. “Preservation Successes” recognizes the preservation projects that have successfully rehabilitated and [...]
Preservation Louisville is announcing its annual “Top 10 Endangered Places & Top 10 Preservation Successes” lists on Thursday, May 12 at Whiskey Row Lofts, 127-131 W. Main St., at 10 a.m. Check the website for more information.
