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Mayor Andrew Broaddus

Lifesaving station in Louisville, Kentucky. Added to the National Register in 1989, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1989
Mayor Andrew Broaddus
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What it is

Wikipedia · Mayor Andrew Broaddus

Mayor Andrew Broaddus is a lifesaving station built by the United States Life-Saving Service located in Louisville, Kentucky, off the corner of River Road and Fourth Street. She is named in honor of Andrew Broaddus (1900–1972), a former mayor of Louisville (1953–1957). Her historic purpose was to protect travelers on the Ohio River from the Falls of the Ohio, with rescue crews for those who fell victim to the rapids. Louisville was the first place where a lifesaving station was placed in western waters. The first lifestation in Louisville was in 1881, with Mayor Andrew Broaddus as the third. A National Historic Landmark, she is the only surviving floating lifesaving station of the United States Life-Saving Service, a predecessor of the United States Coast Guard.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
Address4th St. and River Rd., Louisville, KY
CountyJefferson County
ListedJun 30, 1989
Reference number89001446
Type of placeship
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Address4th St. and River Rd., Louisville, KY
Coordinates38.25961, -85.75417 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitAbraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park · 47 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBuzzard Roost Campground 40 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 89001446. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.