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An informal bike tour of 19th Century Bas Reliefs in the Louisville Area.
Rating: Unrated
Louisville’s Silent
Guardians
Introduction
They’ve been up there watching for over a century. They’ve
seen generations go about their daily business – being born, living,
dying. They were born themselves during
the dawn of Louisville’s commerce in the late 1800s – and more were added until
Black Friday 1929 brought the curtain down.
Now many are
forgotten, watching silently over abandoned doorways and rooftops. They wait
patiently for someone, sometime to look up and see them there.
Within these pages you’ll find: Greek gods and goddesses;
fierce dragons; comic jesters; lions; doves; Pegasus - and gargoyles ready to
take flight and pounce upon anyone who would disturb their neighborhood’s
peace. There are even homeowners and builders who once dared to place their
images up there among the gods and mythic characters.
This book is dedicated to taking time out of a busy day to
simply look up.
Map of route taken from Conrad-Caldwell House to City Hall
1.
1402 St James Ct - Conrad-Caldwell
House
2.
1423 4th Street 3 men’s faces
3.
1510 3rd Street Man’s face
4.
1470 3rd Street 3 Dragons
5.
1416 3rd Street 4 winds
6.
1375 4th Street Man’s face and lions
7.
1327 3rd Street Dove and lion
8.
202 Ormsby German Dragon
9.
117 Ormsby Fish Monster
10.
1228 3rd Street Sea
Monster
11.
1143 3rd Street Walnut Street Church Gargoyles
12.
970 4th Street – Memorial Auditorium goddesses
13.
301 York Street – Library Main Branch Bacchus
14.
332 W Broadway – Heyburn Building
Asian Dragons
15.
306 W Broadway – Fincastle Building
Dancing girls
16.
651 4th – Kentucky Theater Building Griffins
17.
625 – 633 4th Comic Masks
18.
623 4th Street – The Palace Sea motifs
19.
572 4th Street – Guthrie- Coke building Green-man faces
20.
546 4th Street – McCory Drugstore
lions
21.
526 4th Street
- Starks building lions
22.
211 – 217 5th Street flying lions/ comic faces
23.
420 W Market (5th and Market) King Neptune
24.
425 W Market Amstat Building
lions/ eagles
25.
6th
and Jefferson – City Hall Poseidon
26.
6th
and Jefferson – farm
animals
Conrad-Caldwell House (1)
1402 St. James
Court
Early on
this house was known as "Conrad's Castle." It is one of the most
magnificent Old Louisville homes and defines Richardsonian Romanesque
architecture. The building price in 1894 was $35,000. Walk around it
and enjoy its gargoyles, lions, mysterious beasts and fleur-de-lis. I counted
23 faces. The Caldwell family purchased it in 1905 after Mr. Conrad's
death. The St. James Court Association purchased it in 1987.
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