Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2023 02 27

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Amelia Brackett Hogstad From: Gary Dunlap <garyd@frii.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:57 AM To: Amelia Brackett Hogstad Subject: Outreach Via DBA Newsletter For distribution of the HPC members: One form of outreach we have is to put a description of a historic building in each monthly issue of the Downtown Business Association's "Downtown Dialogue" newsletter. A recent example is: Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue Built in 1894 as the "little red brick school house" to relieve crowding at the school building just to the east on Jefferson. It housed 1st and 2nd grade classes originally, and later high school industrial arts classes. It has also served as a treatment location for the Spanish flu in 1918, with 19 residents paying $1.50 each. Its use as a hospital was abandoned in 1919 after 24 Louisville deaths resulted from the pandemic. The building was used as the town library in the 1940's, a recreation center in the 1950's and 60's, and the town senior center in the 1980's. Grant Street in front of the building was abandoned in 1955, probably for safety reasons. The original bell tower was removed in 1955, and the current replica was installed in 2004. For more information about Louisville's Historic Preservation Program contact Amelia Brackett Hogstad, 303-335-4594, abrackett(o)-louisvilleco.gov . W.