Crescent Hill, Louisville


Crescent Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Frankfort Avenue in Crescent Hill
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Location	Roughly bounded by Brownsboro and Lexington Rds, Peterson, Zorn, and Frankfort Aves., and Crabbs Lane, Louisville, Kentucky
Area	590.6 acres (239.0 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	82001556^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1982

Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles (6 km) east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek. The boundaries of Crescent Hill are N Ewing Ave to the St. Matthews city limit (roughly Cannons Lane) by Brownsboro Road to Lexington Road. Frankfort Avenue generally bisects the neighborhood.

History

Development first began during the 1850s when the Louisville and Lexington turnpike (now Frankfort Avenue) and the Louisville and Frankfort railroad were built through the area. In 1853 a 38-acre (150,000 m²) fair grounds were built and were used to host the Agriculture and Technology fair, which had 20,000 visitors on one day in 1857. In 1883 the fair grounds were razed and St Joseph's Orphanage was built in its place.

In the late 19th century The City of Louisville annexed the old town of Crescent Hill. The Crescent Hill Community Council was incorporated in the early 1970s and became very active after the tornado of April 1974. In the early 1980s the CHCC formed the Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation and purchased the house-301 South Peterson- from the Jefferson County Board of Education.

Attractions

Attractions in Crescent Hill include the Louisville Water Company Crescent Hill Reservoir, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Peterson-Dumesnil House.

Demographics

As of 2000, the population of Crescent Hill was 7,566 , of which 91.4% are white, 4.2% are listed as other, 3.1% are black, & 1.3% are Hispanic. College graduates are 52.3% of the population, people without a high school degree are 8%. Females outnumber males 54.9% to 45.12%.

Frankfort Avenue

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

^ "Community Resource Network". Retrieved 2005-11-18.

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Places in Louisville Metro

Crescent Hill

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East Side (Old City)	Audubon Avondale-Melbourne Heights Bashford Manor Bon Air Bradley Brownsboro-Zorn Butchertown Camp Taylor Cherokee Gardens Cherokee-Seneca Clifton Clifton Heights Crescent Hill East Market District (NuLu) Gardiner Lane Germantown Hawthorne Hayfield Dundee The Highlands Belknap Bonnycastle Cherokee Triangle Deer Park Highlands-Douglass Irish Hill Original Highlands Phoenix Hill (portion) Tyler Park Hikes Point Klondike Meriwether Phoenix Hill Poplar Level Prestonia Rockcreek-Lexington Road St. Joseph Schnitzelburg

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