Preservation Louisville Announces Metro’s 2009
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.
The “Endangered Properties” list has a long history in Louisville. It was initially created by Preservation Alliance, and in 1999 the list was taken over by The Louisville Historic League. The list is now compiled and published by Preservation Louisville, Inc., Louisville’s citywide preservation organization since 2007.
.This year along with the list of “Louisville’s Top 10 Endangered Historic Places” list,Preservation Louisville also introduced a new list, “Louisville’s Top 10 Preservation Successes”. The lists were announced during a 10:30 a.m. press conference at one of Louisville’s Whiskey Row/ Iron Quarter buildings. The Trademart/ Louisville & Nashville Railroad building at 2nd & Main Streets is a historic building that is currently being restored and adapted for re-use as condominiums and retail space by City Property Group.
Preservation Louisville, Inc. is a citywide, non-profit preservation organization that works in partnership with local, state and national organizations to promote preservation of Louisville’s historic resources through education and advocacy. Properties named to 2009 Louisville’s Top 10 Most Endangered Historic Places & Top 10 Preservation Successes are:
Louisville’s Top 10 Most Endangered Historic Places List
Shotgun Houses
Water Co. Block Historic Buildings
Victorian House on Frankfort Avenue
Historic Firehouses
Old Dental School at Brook and Broadway
Park Hill district
Corner Store Fronts
Historic Properties within the Proposed New Bridge Route
Iron Quarter
Ouerbacker House
Louisville’s Top 10 Preservation Success
US Marine Hospital
Wayside Buildings
Vogt Building
Henry Clay
Reynolds Building
American Standard
1254 S. Brook St.
Howard Hardy House
Corbett’s Restaurant
1702 Prentice St. (Habitat for Humanity House)
These listings are part of Preservation Louisville’s mission to “Protect and Promote our Community’s Cultural, Environmental and Architectural Heritage”. Preservation Louisville has a strategic plan with specific objectives for helping property owners to preserve these unique but threatened historic places. Additionally, Preservation Louisville will work with local, state and national preservation organizations to carefully monitor historic sites and to develop plans and tools for preserving other endangered places in our community through advocacy and education.
The criteria used to determine if a property is added to this list is:
1. Must be on the National Register of Historic Places or be eligible
2. Must be within the metro Louisville region (Jefferson County;
Floyd and Clark counties of southern Indiana)
3. Must be in imminent threat of demolition or in severely deteriorated condition
More information about each site is available from Preservation Louisville, (502) 540-5146, or a complete list is available on the Preservation Louisville website at www.preservationlouisville.org.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Marianne Zickuhr, Executive Director
Preservation Louisville
(502)540-5146
director@preservationlouisville.org