Angelo, George (1921-2000) Architectural Records, 1962-1972

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Angelo, George, 1921-2000

Title: Architectural Records, 1962-1972

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection: 10 rolls & 1 ovsz. fld.

Location Number: Mss. AR A584

Biographical Note

George Augustus Angelo was born October 2, 1921, in Louisville, Kentucky to Gustave Angelo and Nellie Angelo (née Patterson). George Angelo married Anna Angelo (née George), of Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1951.

Angelo was a real estate developer, who worked on several projects including the redevelopment of the Haymarket on Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky in the 1960s-1970s. Angelo unsuccessfully ran for both 3rd Ward alderman in 1961, and for mayor of Louisville in 1969. He was a member of the Louisville Board of Realtors, University of Louisville Alumni Association, and the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. Angelo died April 17, 2000.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains architectural drawings related to George Angelo’s work as a real estate broker during the 1960s and 1970s. The collection primarily consists of material related to the redevelopment of the Haymarket, a project that began in the early 1960s when the site of the Haymarket was taken over as an extension of the North-South Expressway.

The first Haymarket appears to date to the late nineteenth century, when farmers gathered to sell produce to grocers and direct to consumers in the block bordered by Jefferson, Liberty, Brook and Floyd streets.1 Over the course of its existence, the Haymarket has moved locations several times and its popularity has fluctuated, at times expanding into larger areas, or dwindling due to the rise of chain grocers around the 1940s.

In June of 1962, the Directors of the Louisville Produce Plaza, Inc. authorized George Angelo to complete plans for a new produce center, as the site would be taken over for construction of Interstate 65.2 On September 1, 1962, what was left of the Haymarket was closed and promptly demolished. After several years of delays and legal battles, the new Louisville Produce Plaza (often still referred to as the new “Haymarket”) appears to have opened in 1966 in the block bounded by Floyd, Preston, Jefferson, and Market streets.3

The collection also contains drawings of meatpacking facilities of the Louisville Beef Corporation at 210 Adams Street and the Kiefer Company at 212 Adams Street. Other material includes plans for shopping centers in Auburndale village and Southland Terrace, plans for the conversion of a single-family home into a multi-family home in the Old Louisville neighborhood (1460 S. 4th Street), a development plan for the Lebanese American Club, and architectural material related to an unidentified apartment complex in Old Louisville.

Sources:

• 1 “Haymarket,” The Encyclopedia of Louisville, Yater, George H.
• 2 “Move Ahead Haymarket Broker Told,” Courier-Journal, June 12, 1962
• 3 “Haymarket,” The Encyclopedia of Louisville, Yater, George H.

Related collections:

• George Angelo papers, 021×30

Roll List

Roll 1: Louisville Produce Plaza plot plans and property disposal plats, 1964-1970

Roll 2: Louisville Produce Plaza early proposals and merchandise mart plan, 1962-1965

Roll 3: Louisville Produce Plaza store for Eli Karem and stores 1-6, 1965

Roll 4: Louisville Produce Plaza farmers display shelter, 1965-1967

Roll 5 (oversized): Louisville Produce Plaza the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and later additions, 1966-1972

Roll 6: Louisville Produce Plaza Davis Brothers, Inc addition, Turner House Restaurant addition, and unknown plan for east downtown renewal area by Arrasmith and Judd, 1972, unknown

Roll 7: Southland Terrace Shopping Center, Auburndale Village Kroger, 1962, undated

Roll 8: Plans for unidentified apartment building north of Hillebrand House, Renovation of 1460 S 4th street from single family home to multi-family, undated

Roll 9: Plans for the development of the Lebanese American Club, 1966

Roll 10: Louisville Beef Corporation at 210 Adams Street, Kiefer Company at 212 Adams Street, 1971, undated

Folder 11: Wrecking and construction plan for block bordered by Market, Jefferson, Floyd and Preston streets, 1964

 

Subject Headings

Architecture – Kentucky – Louisville.

Commercial buildings – Kentucky – Louisville.

Davis Brothers of Louisville (Louisville, Ky.)

Farmers’ markets – Kentucky – Louisville.

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.

Haymarket (Louisville, Ky.)

Industrial buildings – Kentucky – Louisville.

Kiefer Company (Louisville, Ky.)

Lebanese American Club (Louisville, Ky.)

Lebanese Americans.

Louisville Beef Corporation (Louisville, Ky.)

Louisville Produce Plaza, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.)

Meat industry and trade – Kentucky – Louisville.

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses – Kentucky – Louisville.

Turner House Restaurant Corporation (Louisville, Ky.)

Urban renewal.