Beaux-Arts architecture in Louisville
Beaux-Arts is the grand classical manner taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with paired columns, sculpted swags and monumental stairs. American architects trained there applied it to civic buildings and mansions from the 1880s to the 1920s.
10 stops, 2.1 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Louisville City Hall Complex601, 603, 617 W. Jefferson St.Building · listed 1976start
- 2German Bank Building150 S. 5th St.Building · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 1
- 3Almsted Brothers Building425 W. Market St.Building · listed 1982235 ft from stop 2
- 4Tyler Hotel229--245 W. Jefferson St.Building · listed 19880.2 mi from stop 3
- 5Stewart, W.K., Bookstore550 S. Fourth St.Building · listed 20030.2 mi from stop 4
- 6Stewart's Dry Goods Company Building501 S. 4th St.Building · listed 1982421 ft from stop 5
- 7Jefferson County Armory525 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.Building · built 1905 · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 6
- 8Starks Building455 S. 4th Ave.Building · listed 19850.4 mi from stop 7
- 9Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch604 S. 10th St.Building · listed 19750.5 mi from stop 8
- 10Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building908 W. BroadwayBuilding · listed 19830.4 mi from stop 9
2.1 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
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Other walks in Louisville
- Neoclassical architecture in Louisville10 stops · 2.4 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Louisville examples on this route went up between 1902 and 1931.
- Banks and business blocks in Louisville13 stops · 1.6 milesThe route links the commercial buildings the register carries in Louisville. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
- Houses and mansions in Louisville11 stops · 2.0 milesThe route links the houses the register carries in Louisville. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Churches and temples in Louisville11 stops · 2.1 milesThe route links churches built between 1884 and 1931. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
- Industry and warehouses in Louisville13 stops · 2.5 milesThe route links the industrial buildings the register carries in Louisville. Many have been converted to other uses since they were listed.
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