National Register of Historic Places

Olmsted Park System

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Listed
May 16, 1982
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
82002715

About this property

The parkway system of Louisville, Kentucky, United States (also known as the Olmsted Park System) was designed by the firm of preeminent 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The 26-mile (42 km) system was built from the early 1890s through the 1930s, and initially owned by a state-level parks commission, which passed control to the city of Louisville in 1942. The system was intended to form a circuit around what was then the fringes of the city of Louisville. However, there is a disconnect of several blocks between Eastern and Southern Parkways, because of a planned parkway running from the terminus of Western (today's Northwestern) Parkway along the Ohio River and around to Eastern Parkway was never built. Today, the system falls under direct management of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, and under broader supervision by Louisville's Metro Parks Department

Location

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
38.16140, -85.78017

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Olmsted Park System listed on the National Register?

Olmsted Park System was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1982.

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