Peterson-Dumesnil House
The Peterson-Dumesnil House is a house in the Italianate style in the district of Crescent Hill of Louisville in Kentucky , United States .
The property is one of the last remaining large country estates built east of the city by residents of Louisville at the end of the 19th century. Of all the country estates, it is the closest to downtown Louisville.
Mainly for this reason, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1975 .
history
The house was on a 31 in 1869 or 1870 acres (about 12 hectares built) of land. In the aftermath of the Civil War , wealthy Louisville residents began building country homes near town where they could spend the weekends or summers, and eventually, when faster transportation became available, they could live. The house was once one of several similar villa -style houses on large grounds on the south side of Frankfort Avenue that overlooked the valley that is now Grinstead Drive. Most of the other houses in the same vicinity to downtown were demolished at the beginning of the 20th century to make way for building with houses on small lots. In the early 1970s, there was only one other such property in Crescent Hill. It was irreparably damaged by a tornado in 1974 .
Joseph Peterson, a wealthy tobacconist from Louisville, had it built. He was known at the time for his contributions to the architecture of Louisville. The 1889 obituary stated that he had "built many of the most pleasing and finest structures that adorn [Louisville's] streets . " It is believed that the building was constructed by local architect Henry Whitestone.
Peterson's granddaughter Eliza Dumesnil inherited the house and lived in it until her death in 1948. Then the Louisville Board of Education bought it and ran it as a private club facility for teachers - a facility unique in the United States. This practice was abandoned and in 1982 the house was sold to the Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation.
architecture
The Peterson House was built around 1869/1870 with an asymmetrical floor plan. It is built of bricks and sits on a limestone plinth . It is painted white and has two floors. The only major change to the house after completion is a new terrace at the front of the house, which was added sometime after 1898.
The facade of the house with an Italian touch is common for the country manors of that time.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Peterson-Dumesnil House NRHP Inventory Form ( English , PDF; 950 kB) In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . October 31, 1975. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 12, 2016
- ↑ Peterson-Dumesnil House property info ( English ) Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation. Archived from the original on October 16, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
Web links
- Official website of the foundation that owns the house
Coordinates: 38 ° 15 ′ 3 " N , 85 ° 41 ′ 47" W.