Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2024 11 18

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HPS Form IC 900 ■ 3 621 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory —Nomination Form Louisville Multiple Continuation sheet Resource Area Item number ' For NPS use on received date entered Page All of the buildings proposed for nomination in the Louisville Multiple Resource District are vernacular structures with elements of late nineteenth and early twentieth century architectural styles. It is those elements that give each and every building its characteristic period appearance. The four commercial buildings in the district were all built circa 1900. From an architectural perspective they all display elements of the late Victorian period, notably the false fronts and artistic elements over the doorways. That on the Lackner Store (now the Track Inn) is particularly distinctive, but other structures like the National Fuel Company Store (now Steinbaugh's Hardware) and the Bank/Drugstore (now Karen's Kitchen) have architectural motifs that clearly characterize them as turn -of - the -century buildings. Aside from the obvious boardwalks, the Denver Elevator is somewhat less recognizable as a late nineteenth/early twentieth century structure, but this is more because of comparatively less physical change over the years in grain elevator architecture than anything else. Nonetheless, all of these buildings are clearly representative of a type, period, and method of construction. The eight nominated houses reflect an exceptional cross-section of late nineteenth/early twentieth century housing in Louisville. Nearly all are one or two-story structures built of wood with brick chimneys. Many are vernacular, but each has a distinctive late Victorian architectural style achieved through the use of characteristic architectural elements. The Thompson House, for example, is Edwardian while the Rhoades House is Queen Anne, as is the Petrelli/DelPizzo Hu,..:.,L,. Many of these houses have additions made shortly after construction, and there isa strong suggestion through design, through architectural elements and furnishings, and through oral tradition, that says that some of these buildings resulted from the mail order catalogs of the period, notably the Sears catalogs. But the key to understanding them is that whether or not they display Queen Anne, Edwardian, or other late Victorian motifs, they all convey the distinctive feeling of a turn -of -the -century community. When locked at together, these homes, along with the commercial structures noted above, all reflect Louisville's evolution and development 2 2