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This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in The Highlands, Louisville, Kentucky. The table below includes 30 listings in the following neighborhoods:

Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in a map or exported in several formats by clicking on one of the links in the box below the map to the right.[1]

National Register sites elsewhere in Jefferson County are listed separately.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 22, 2024.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location Neighborhood Description
1 Leslie V. Abbott House
Leslie V. Abbott House
Leslie V. Abbott House
July 30, 2013
(#13000558)
2401 Newburg Rd.
38°12′49″N 85°42′01″W / 38.213611°N 85.700278°W / 38.213611; -85.700278 (Leslie V. Abbott House)
Belknap
2 Willam R. Belknap School
Willam R. Belknap School
Willam R. Belknap School
August 12, 1982
(#82002706)
1800 Sils Ave.
38°13′19″N 85°41′23″W / 38.221944°N 85.689722°W / 38.221944; -85.689722 (Willam R. Belknap School)
Belknap
3 Bullock-Clifton House
Bullock-Clifton House
Bullock-Clifton House
May 6, 1982
(#82002707)
1824 Rosedale Ave.
38°13′27″N 85°42′15″W / 38.224167°N 85.704167°W / 38.224167; -85.704167 (Bullock-Clifton House)
Deer Park
4 Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church March 13, 2017
(#100000740)
1838 Bardstown Rd.
38°13′39″N 85°41′59″W / 38.227517°N 85.699731°W / 38.227517; -85.699731 (Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church)
5 John B. Castleman Monument
John B. Castleman Monument
John B. Castleman Monument
July 17, 1997
(#97000690)
Junction of Cherokee Rd. and Cherokee Parkway
38°14′07″N 85°42′45″W / 38.235278°N 85.712500°W / 38.235278; -85.712500 (John B. Castleman Monument)
Cherokee Triangle
6 Cave Hill Cemetery
Cave Hill Cemetery
Cave Hill Cemetery
December 11, 1979
(#79000999)
701 Baxter Ave.
38°14′44″N 85°42′56″W / 38.245556°N 85.715556°W / 38.245556; -85.715556 (Cave Hill Cemetery)
Cherokee Triangle
7 Cave Hill National Cemetery
Cave Hill National Cemetery
Cave Hill National Cemetery
September 3, 1998
(#98001133)
701 Baxter Ave.
38°14′56″N 85°43′20″W / 38.248889°N 85.722222°W / 38.248889; -85.722222 (Cave Hill National Cemetery)
Cherokee Triangle
8 Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District
Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District
Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District
June 30, 1976
(#76000902)
Roughly bounded by Bardstown Rd., Sherwood Ave., and Broadway, east to the junction of Grinstead Dr. and Cherokee Parkway
38°14′22″N 85°42′56″W / 38.239444°N 85.715556°W / 38.239444; -85.715556 (Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District)
Cherokee Triangle
9 Commodore Apartment Building
Commodore Apartment Building
Commodore Apartment Building
April 29, 1982
(#82002709)
2140 Bonnycastle Ave.
38°13′58″N 85°42′03″W / 38.232778°N 85.700833°W / 38.232778; -85.700833 (Commodore Apartment Building)
Bonnycastle
10 Engelhard House
Engelhard House
Engelhard House
December 5, 1980
(#80001599)
1080 Baxter Ave.
38°14′15″N 85°43′21″W / 38.237500°N 85.722500°W / 38.237500; -85.722500 (Engelhard House)
Tyler Park
11 Farmington
Farmington
Farmington
October 18, 1972
(#72000536)
3033 Bardstown Rd.
38°12′53″N 85°40′05″W / 38.214722°N 85.668056°W / 38.214722; -85.668056 (Farmington)
Hawthorne
12 Nicholas Finzer House
Nicholas Finzer House
Nicholas Finzer House
May 9, 1979
(#79001004)
1212 Hull St.
38°14′53″N 85°43′39″W / 38.248194°N 85.727500°W / 38.248194; -85.727500 (Nicholas Finzer House)
Irish Hill
13 Hayfield August 19, 1980
(#80001600)
1809 Tyler Lane
38°12′28″N 85°41′10″W / 38.207778°N 85.686111°W / 38.207778; -85.686111 (Hayfield)
Hayfield Dundee
14 Highlands Historic District
Highlands Historic District
Highlands Historic District
February 11, 1983
(#83002680)
Roughly bounded by Barrett Ave., Eastern Parkway, Bardstown Road, and Fernwood, Woodbourne, Ellerbee, and Sherwood Aves.
38°14′22″N 85°43′36″W / 38.239444°N 85.726667°W / 38.239444; -85.726667 (Highlands Historic District)
Original Highlands
15 Howard-Gettys House
Howard-Gettys House
Howard-Gettys House
February 8, 1978
(#78001356)
1226 Bates Ct.
38°13′45″N 85°43′24″W / 38.229167°N 85.723333°W / 38.229167; -85.723333 (Howard-Gettys House)
Tyler Park
16 Humphrey-McMeekin House
Humphrey-McMeekin House
Humphrey-McMeekin House
March 20, 1986
(#86000475)
2240 Douglass Boulevard
38°13′42″N 85°41′09″W / 38.228333°N 85.685833°W / 38.228333; -85.685833 (Humphrey-McMeekin House)
Highlands-Douglass
17 Kentucky Home School for Girls August 2, 2017
(#100001422)
2305 Douglass Blvd.
38°13′48″N 85°41′09″W / 38.230105°N 85.685916°W / 38.230105; -85.685916 (Kentucky Home School for Girls)
18 Klotz Confectionary Company February 11, 2016
(#16000007)
731 Brent St.
38°14′35″N 85°44′05″W / 38.242953°N 85.734666°W / 38.242953; -85.734666 (Klotz Confectionary Company)
19 Nelson Distillery Warehouse
Nelson Distillery Warehouse
Nelson Distillery Warehouse
June 27, 2014
(#14000423)
100 Distillery Commons Dr.
38°15′00″N 85°43′23″W / 38.2500°N 85.723°W / 38.2500; -85.723 (Nelson Distillery Warehouse)
Irish Hill Now the Distillery Commons.
20 Rose Hill
Rose Hill
Rose Hill
December 3, 1980
(#80001616)
1835 Hampden Ct.
38°13′43″N 85°41′54″W / 38.228611°N 85.698333°W / 38.228611; -85.698333 (Rose Hill)
Highlands-Douglass
21 Saint Francis of Assisi Complex
Saint Francis of Assisi Complex
Saint Francis of Assisi Complex
May 29, 1987
(#87000850)
1960 Bardstown Rd.
38°13′33″N 85°41′52″W / 38.225833°N 85.697778°W / 38.225833; -85.697778 (Saint Francis of Assisi Complex)
Deer Park
22 St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School
St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School
St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School
March 1, 1982
(#82002722)
1430 Bardstown Rd., 1826 Edenside Ave, and 1818 Edenside Ave.
38°13′57″N 85°42′39″W / 38.232500°N 85.710833°W / 38.232500; -85.710833 (St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School)
Tyler Park
23 Valentine Schneikert House
Valentine Schneikert House
Valentine Schneikert House
April 17, 1986
(#86000848)
1234 Lexington Rd.
38°14′58″N 85°43′38″W / 38.249444°N 85.727361°W / 38.249444; -85.727361 (Valentine Schneikert House)
Irish Hill
24 Schuster Building
Schuster Building
Schuster Building
March 19, 1980
(#80001618)
1500-1512 Bardstown Rd.
38°13′54″N 85°42′32″W / 38.231667°N 85.708889°W / 38.231667; -85.708889 (Schuster Building)
Deer Park
25 Steam Engine Company No. 11
Steam Engine Company No. 11
Steam Engine Company No. 11
November 7, 1980
(#80001623)
1122 Rogers St.
38°14′45″N 85°43′38″W / 38.245833°N 85.727222°W / 38.245833; -85.727222 (Steam Engine Company No. 11)
Irish Hill
26 Steam Engine Company No. 20
Steam Engine Company No. 20
Steam Engine Company No. 20
November 7, 1980
(#80001626)
1330 Bardstown Rd.
38°14′04″N 85°42′51″W / 38.234444°N 85.714167°W / 38.234444; -85.714167 (Steam Engine Company No. 20)
Tyler Park
27 Steam Engine Company No. 20
Steam Engine Company No. 20
Steam Engine Company No. 20
November 7, 1980
(#80004498)
1735 Bardstown Rd.
38°13′45″N 85°42′06″W / 38.229167°N 85.701667°W / 38.229167; -85.701667 (Steam Engine Company No. 20)
Bonnycastle
28 Struss House November 7, 2003
(#03001112)
1920 Winston Ave.
38°12′55″N 85°41′09″W / 38.215139°N 85.685833°W / 38.215139; -85.685833 (Struss House)
Hayfield Dundee
29 Union Monument in Louisville
Union Monument in Louisville
Union Monument in Louisville
July 17, 1997
(#97000687)
701 Baxter Ave.
38°14′54″N 85°43′20″W / 38.248333°N 85.722222°W / 38.248333; -85.722222 (Union Monument in Louisville)
Irish Hill Cave Hill Cemetery, junction of Payne St. and Lexington Rd.
30 David Wilson House
David Wilson House
David Wilson House
March 26, 1987
(#87000511)
2215 Carolina Ave.
38°13′46″N 85°41′02″W / 38.229306°N 85.683889°W / 38.229306; -85.683889 (David Wilson House)
Highlands-Douglass
31 Woodbourne House
Woodbourne House
Woodbourne House
February 7, 2008
(#08000008)
2024 Woodford Pl.
38°13′33″N 85°41′38″W / 38.225833°N 85.693889°W / 38.225833; -85.693889 (Woodbourne House)
Highlands-Douglass

Former listing

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location Neighborhood Description
1 August Bloedner Monument
August Bloedner Monument
August Bloedner Monument
July 17, 1997
(#97000688)
November 19, 2010 701 Baxter Ave.
38°14′54″N 85°43′19″W / 38.248333°N 85.721944°W / 38.248333; -85.721944 (August Bloedner Monument)
Cherokee Triangle Formerly in the Cave Hill Cemetery, junction of Payne St. and Lexington Rd. Now located at the Frazier History Museum. Delisted due to relocation of the monument.

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References

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.