24 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 8.16
THE
BIT
A BIT OF HISTORY
FROM U OF L
ARCHIVES
AND SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS
Before the current Kentucky State Fairgrounds opened in 1956,
Louisvillians flocked to the fair's first long-term site, a 150-acre
land parcel off South Western Parkway in today's Chickasaw
neighborhood. You're looking at the huge, cavernous Livestock
Pavilion, dressed up in flags and bunting and completed just in time
for the 1908 premiere. A prized cow, bathed in sunlight, stands
in this 1929 photo's center. The glorious exterior of the pavilion
— complete with decorative parapets and grand entranceways
— was designed by the then-fledgling architectural firm Joseph
& Joseph in the Mission Revival style. Those flourishes were also
employed in the 1921 construction of the fair's Merchants and
Manufacturing Building, which still survives as a castle-like storage
structure for the earthmoving enterprise Whayne Supply Co.
Do you know
this location?
Send us an email (editorial@loumag.com,
subject: Where Am I?). We'll publish the
correct answer next month.
WHERE
AM I?
Photo
by
Joey
Harrison
Last month: Julia
Bauscher was
the only reader
to identify Luv-
it Landscaping's
painted fence at the
corner of Bradley Avenue and Atwood
Street near U of L.
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