Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Olmsted Brothers. Braeview plan, 1910. 1 sheet.
Call No.
Mss. AR O ovsz. - See Digital Collections
Content
A plan by the Olmsted Brothers, landscape architects, entitled "General Plan for Braeview, Louisville, Kentucky, belonging to the estate of Frank Fehr (deceased) adjoining Cherokee Park." Fehr was a wealthy brewer who died in 1891. The Olmsted Bros. created this plan of structures and plantings for his estate in 1910, revising it in 1912 to include a 20 acre tract to the east. By the 1920s, Braeview was marketed to homebuyers as "Louisville's newest and most beautiful fine homes location" (see Courier-Journal advertisement dated 12 April 1925). The estate was located to the east of Cherokee Park along Lexington Road; other named streets include Alta Vista Avenue, Beals Branch and Fehr Road. (This plan is an oversized framed piece. Please use digital access copy. These files are restricted to in-house viewing. Please see the reference desk or contact the Collections Department.)