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BUILDING BLOODLINE Jefferson County Bank Building & Jeffersonian Building 10414 Watterson Trail (Jefferson County Bank Building) 1904 The Jefferson County Bank opens for business in what is known as the Groves Building on a corner of the town square. H.N. Reubelt, a pastor for Campbellsburg and Simpsonville Christian churches, serves as the bank's frst president. 1931 A victim of the Great Depression, the bank closes. All properties previously owned by the bank are sold at auction, including the Groves Building. Over time, it houses a string of successful businesses, including a bakery (the Green and White Sweet Shop circa 1940), a grocery store, the Elliott Insurance Company, the Weber Realty Company and the Compton-Irvin Insurance Agency. Today Cafecito — a coffee, sandwich and Italian ice cafe — opened in September 2012 and remains in business. It's owned by Raul and Elizabeth Ontaneda, originally from New York, who wanted a charming small town for their cafe, the name of which translates to "little cup of coffee." 10410 Watterson Trail (Jeffersonian Building) 1913 J.C. Alcock buys the Jefferson County Bank lot and erects a new building for his newspaper, the Jeffersonian, which had debuted six years earlier. The Jeffersonian's pressman, T.R. Jones, will go on to spend 62 years in the newspaper business, having started after he fnished the eighth grade. 1930s The newspaper operates throughout the Depression, during which Jones says he and the editor took "what was left of the cashbox after we'd paid our employees. Sometimes it was fve dollars a week." January 1937 The great food that puts most of Louisville underwater doesn't spare a dry Jeffersontown, which is left without electricity for two weeks. 1945 Jones becomes the sole owner of the Jeffersonian. 1948 The Jeffersonian Publishing Co. moves to a newer building down the street, and the old Jeffersonian building becomes the new home of Krieger's, a women's clothing store. By the 1970s, an arts and crafts store opens there, too. Today The old newspaper building is home to the Michael Thomas Dance Center, which has recreational dance classes, competitive dance teams, individual lessons and choreography. —Taylor Ichinose www.ideafestival.com 2.14 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 19