Old Louisville is a neighborhood in, as you might guess, Louisville. You’ll find it just south of downtown. It’s full of late-1800s homes mostly in the Late Victorian style, with a few Italianate, Federal, Second Empire, and Richardson Romanesque homes in there for good measure.
The centerpiece of Old Louisville is St. James Court, a wide boulevard with a grassy median and a copper fountain. The centerpiece of this centerpiece, however, is Belgravia Court. It’s at the south end of St. James Court. But you can’t drive this court — you’ll have to park your car and walk. It is two rows of houses that face each other, sidewalks and a grassy median separating them. Gas streetlights line the median.
Here now, the doors of Belgravia Court.
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I have never been to this part of Louisville. I love these parts of the old river cities in the midwest and the proof of their prosperity in those pre-railroad times.
Old Louisville is a lovely walk on tree-lined streets. I recommend it — it was a very nice part of our weekend away.
Be still, my heart. Boy, do I love old doors, tree lined streets and courtyards. I will absolutely look up this neighborhood the next time I’m there.
Absolutely. It’s a stunner!
I’ve been going through Louisville several times a year since 1955, but never stopped to look. Love the old doorways. Great job. Just curious — what camera did you use?
This is worth stopping for! I used my Pentax K10D DSLR with its kit 18-55 lens. It’s an older DSLR, from 2006, and it’s fairly heavy.
A very nice collection of doors! =)
Why thank you!
I’ve never seen anything like that glass awning? Canopy? Whatever you call it, it’s very cool.
It is cool. It would also be a pain to keep clean!
That’s the nice thing about cool things on other peoples houses. :)
Wow those came out great. We have family up there and I haven’t been there. I hope the disorder there didn’t cause damages to the district.
It didn’t seem to. I made these photos just a couple weeks ago.
My bestie lives in Louisville, Lewalville ;) Gonna need to take a weekend off to visit soon!!
It’s a lovely way to spend an afternoon in Louisville!