List of Art Deco architecture in Kentucky

This is a list of buildings that are examples of the Art Deco architectural style in Kentucky, United States.

WLBJ Building, Bowling Green

Bowling Green

• Booth Fire & Safety, Bowling Green, 1948
• Capitol Arts Center (former Columbia Theatre), Bowling Green, 1921
• Galloway Farm Equipment (now Booth Fire & Safety), Modern Automotive District, Bowling Green, 1948
• Galloway Motor Company Building, Modern Automotive District, Bowling Green, 1948
• WLBJ Building, Bowling Green, 1940
• William Hardcastle Filling Station, Modern Automotive District, Bowling Green, 1948

Lexington

• F. W. Woolworth Building, Lexington, 1946
• Lexington Laundry Co., Lexington, 1929
• Lexington National Guard Armory, Lexington, 1941

Courier-Journal Building, Louisville

Louisville

• 1495 South 11th Street Building, Louisville, 1935
• American Bluegrass Marble, Louisville
• AT&T Building, Louisville, 1930
• Bernheim Distillery Boiling Plant, Louisville, 1937
• Bowman Field, Louisville, 1921
• Bridges, Smith & Co (former Four Roses Bourbon), Louisville, 1870, 1940s
• Brown-Forman Warehouse, Louisville, 1936
• Byck's Department Store, Louisville, 1924
• Charles D. Jacob Elementary School, Louisville, 1932
• Courier-Journal Building, Louisville
• Fire Department Headquarters, Louisville, 1937
• Fiscal Court Building, Louisville, 1938
• Fisher-Klosterman Building (former Bernheim Distillery Bottling Plant), Louisville, 1937
• George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, Louisville, 1929
• Jacob Elementary, Louisville, 1932
• James Russell Lowell Elementary School, Louisville, 1931
• Jones–Dabney Company Laboratory, Louisville, 1935
• Kelley Technical Coatings, Louisville, 1933
• LG&E Building, Louisville, 1925–1928
• Louisville Cotton Mills Administration Building (now a restaurant), Louisville, 1936–1941
• Louisville Fire Department No. 9, Louisville, 1946
• Louisville National Guard Armory, Louisville, 1942
• Louisville Public Works, Louisville, 1934
• Meyzeek Middle School, Louisville, 1929
• Miller Paper Company Buildings, Louisville, 1947
• Norton Healthcare Building, Louisville, 1925
• Ohio Theatre façade, Louisville, 1941
• Seagram's Distillery, Louisville, 1933
• Sears, Roebuck and Company Store, Louisville, 1928
• South Central Bell Company Office Building, Louisville, 1930
• Trinity High School, Louisville, 1941
• Valley Traditional High School, Louisville, 1936, 1953
• Vogue Theatre, Louisville, 1939
• WHAS Radio Transmitter Building, Louisville, 1930s
• Wheeling Corrugating Company Building, Louisville

Scottsville

• Lyric Theater, Scottsville, 1930s
• Horse Shoe Cafeteria, Scottsville Downtown Commercial Historic District, Scottsville, 1915 and 1935
• Washington Overall Factory, Scottsville Downtown Commercial Historic District, Scottsville, 1928, 1930s

Whitesburg

• Boone Youth Drop-In Center (former Boone Motor Company), Whitesburg Historic District, Whitesburg, 1930
• Quillen Building, Whitesburg Historic District, Whitesburg, 1948
• Whitesburg High School Gymnasium, Whitesburg Historic District, Whitesburg, 1940s

Greenville City Hall (now a police station), Greenville

Other cities

• Arista Theater, Lebanon Historic Commercial District, Lebanon, 1935
• Ashland Armory, Ashland, 1948
• Bell Theater, Pineville
• Burke's Bakery, Danville, 1930
• Caldwell County Courthouse, Princeton Downtown Commercial District, Princeton, 1939
• Capitol Theater, Princeton Downtown Commercial District, Princeton, 1930s
• Carlisle Armory, Carlisle, 1941
• City Hall, Paintsville, 1940
• Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Paducah, 1939
• Coca-Cola Plant, Shelbyville, 1937
• Devou Park Band Shell, Covington, 1939
• Elizabethtown Armory, Elizabethtown, 1948
• Estill County Courthouse, Irvine Historic Business District, Irvine, 1939
• Eversole Building, Harlan Commercial District, Harlan, 1936
• Estill County Youth Center (former National Guard Armory), Ravenna, 1934
• Greenville City Hall, Greenville, 1940
• Harrodsburg Armory (now Mercer Area Family Education), Harrodsburg, 1942
• Horse Cave State Bank, Horse Cave, 1937
• Jeffersontown Colored School, Jeffersontown, 1930
• Kentucky Theatre/Hartford City Hall Complex, Downtown Hartford Historic District, Hartford, late 1930s
• Lane Theater, Williamsburg, 1948
• Ludlow Theater, Ludlow, 1946
• Mack Theatre, Irvine Historic Business District, Irvine, 1930s
• Madisonville Armory, Madisonville, 1947
• Marianne Theater, Bellevue, 1942
• Ohio County Courthouse, Downtown Hartford Historic District, Hartford, 1943
• Old Wayne County High School, Monticello, 1941
• Paintsville City Hall, Paintsville, 1940
• Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, 1931
• Richmond Armory, Richmond, 1942
• Russelville Armory, Russelville, 1934
• S. E. Cooke Building, Harrodsburg
• Simon Kenton High School, Independence, 1937
• Somerset Armory, Somerset, 1948
• Springfield Armory, Springfield, 1942
• State Theatre, Elizabethtown, 1942
• United States Bullion Depository, Fort Knox, 1936
• United States Post Office, Covington, 1941
• University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Building (former National Guard Armory), Carlisle, 1941
• Watkins Department Store, Paducah, 1941
• Webster County Courthouse, Dixon, 1938
• Williamsburg National Guard Armory, Williamsburg, 1941
• Worsham Hall, Henderson, 1936

See also

• List of Art Deco architecture
• List of Art Deco architecture in the United States

References

• "Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings." Roadside Architecture.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
• Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2022-09-06
• "Court House Lover". Flickr. Retrieved 2022-09-06
• "Louisville Art Deco". Retrieved 2019-01-20.
• "New Deal Map". The Living New Deal. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
• "SAH Archipedia". Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

External links

• Media related to Art Deco architecture in Kentucky at Wikimedia Commons