Manuscript Database - Subject: Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Harding Collection.Downs, George F., 1814-1908. Memorandum book, 1867-1872.
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Green family. Papers, 1822-1900Susan Dorr, Louisville, to Ellen Green, Henderson, Ky. 23 July 1837. In describing a day's social activities, says they "found some Beauxs [sic] and went to the concert at the Louisville Hotel; which was very fashionably attended."
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Guthrie, James, 1792-1869. Papers, of the Guthrie and Caperton families, 1780-1939. 27 boxes. ca.8052 items.Correspondence, 1854-1856.
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
D. X. Murphy & Bro., Architects (Louisville, Ky.) Records, 1854-1949. 58.5 cu. ft., 20 ovsz. foldersCollection contains three separate architectural project rolls for the hotel. The hotel was originally designed by architect Hugh Roland in 1832. Following a fire in 1853, Louisville architects Imiah Rogers and Henry Whitestone were commissioned to redesign the two upper floors, The rolls (490-492) include their 1855 drawings, as well as later additions and alterations. In 1873 Henry Whitestone again designed alterations to the hotel. A passenger elevator was added at this time by the N.Y. Metropolitan Passenger Elevator, and Otis Bros. in NYC. The 1873 additions include very early examples of segregated architecture; there were "Negro" and "White" servants bedrooms and dining rooms. These 1873 additions predate legal Jim Crow sanctions by nearly 20 years, and provide some of the earliest examples of clearly defined segregated space beyond that of de facto practice. The types of architectural drawings in the collection include plans; details; elevations; and sections. See the project index for more information.
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Rogers, Joseph M. To Richard Hickmann Prewitt, Lexington, Ky. Louisville, Ky., 7 Jan. 1862. A.L.S. 1p. 1 illustrated envelope.Brief letter handwritten on Louisville Hotel letterhead and envelope discussing the projected outcome of a legal matter.
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Menu Collection, 1860-1990. 0.66 cu. ft.This collection contains menus dating from 1860 to 1990, as well as programs, guest lists, seating charts, dance cards, invitations, and tickets of admission for various events. Included are several menus from events held at the Louisville Hotel from 1866 to 1903, including a reception banquet for President Andrew Johnson and his cabinet from 1866 and several highly decorative nineteenth century Christmas Day menus.
Louisville Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Gowans family. Papers, 1871-1874, 1913. 41 pages.Gowans family papers include a typescript copy of the 1872 memoir of George Gowans (1814-1879), entitled "History of My Ancestors". In his memoir, Gowans relates an encounter with bed bugs while staying at the Louisville Hotel (p. 17).