The Hotel Kingdon (Kingdon Hotel) located at 231 Second Street. Erected in 1890-91 by Louis P. and Charles F. Kleiderer and originally named “Hotel Henderson”. Demolition began on…
Snow covers the intersection of Second and Main streets around the turn of the century. At left is a building housing a carpet dealer, later the site of…
Gulf Station, now the site of Fifth Third Bank, at the SE corner of Second and Elm Streets. Google maps location Reference: University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
The corner-located, six-story, brick masonry, Soaper Hotel, built in 1924, with five-course bonding and stone detailing. The Neo-Classical building has seven bays to Main and nine bays to…
Dixie Bee Line, the forerunner of U.S. 41. This ferry crossed the Ohio river at the foot of Second Street. Motorists on the highway were kept on track…
James Robert Hall was born 1 Dec 1871 to Thomas William Hall (1847-1929) and Lucy Jane Head (1851-1927). James married Frances E. Cheatham on 17 May 1899 in…