Black plaque № 46176

Louisville, KY, United States

Jefferson County Courthouse. Designed by Gideon Shryock in the Greek Revival style. Construction began ca. 1837, and building first used by city and county, 1842. Completed in 1860 by Albert Fink and Charles Stancliff, it housed legislature briefly during Civil War. Structure renovated by Brinton Da

vis after 1905 fire. Seven U.S. Presidents have spoken here. On National Register of Historic Places, 1972. (Reverse) City and County Named - Louisville, at the Falls of the Ohio, was founded in 1778

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