If you’ve spent any time walking around LOU, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a large, metal sign — or two, or ten — commemorating a historical location, person, or event.
These historical markers are built and maintained by the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS). Since 1949, the KHS has installed over 2,000 around the state, including 236 in Jefferson County.
Kentuckians can even submit their own sites for consideration. Last year, our readers voted for Vendome Copper and Brass Works as a candidate — if you agree, you can nominate it with the KHS now.
Here’s just a few of the KHS historical markers around Louisville:
- The meeting place of the Gay Liberation Front on St. James Court
- Earl McDonald, a jug band pioneer, located in Waterfront Park
- Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Parkland
- The House of Ruth, a decades-old charity for those affected by HIV/AIDS.
- Mulberry Hill, the site of William Clark’s home
- William H. Sheppard, a turn-of-the-century missionary who spend his final years as a pastor in Louisville.
Here’s where you come in: We want to know which historical markers you want to learn more about, or which ones you wish more people knew. Submit a historical marker and we might feature it in a future newsletter.
