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Audobon Park Historic District

Built in 1912. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“Audubon Park is a home rule-class city in central Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,433 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,473 at the 2010 census.”

Wikipedia article Audubon Park, Kentucky, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 526 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1996 · category: District · built in 1912.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Audobon Park Historic District: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Globe Union/ Louisville, Ky.LeadUnknown
Louisville Crushed Stone MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
First Street YardSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nugent PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Audubon Park, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 33 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 8 flash flood, 7 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Flash FloodAudubon Park$500,000Louisville MetroSafe reported over 160 high water rescues due to the 6 to 8 inches of rain that fell across the county.
August 2009LightningAudubon Park$200,000Lightning started a four alarm apartment fire on Hurstbourne Parkway near I-64.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$100,000A trained spotter reported power poles bent over along Crittenden Drive.
July 2012LightningAudubon Park$100,000Louisville emergency management reported that lightning started three separate house fires and two apartment fires within a 5 minute period.
July 2012LightningAudubon Park$90,000Lightning struck a house on the 3900th block on third street. It started a fire in the basement that eventually consumed the house. Two people did not make it out of the house and died.
July 2008LightningAudubon Park$75,000Lightning started a large house fire in the Lake Forest area.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$50,000A tree was blown on to a house on Algonquin Parkway. Power lines were downed and a house suffered some roof damage near the intersection of Sixth Street and St. Catherine.
September 2018Flash FloodAudubon Park$40,000There was a report of multiple cars trapped in high water on the ramp from Crittenden Drive to Interstate 65 South.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$40,000Local media reported that several trees were downed in the Bashford Manor area and near the Louisville neighborhood of Newburg. Roof damage was reported as well. This damage was a result of a very localized downburst just south of downtown Louisville that occurred minutes prior to the arrival of a more destructive line of storms.
July 2015Flash FloodAudubon Park$30,000A Kentucky state official reported that 5 water rescues were performed due to people stranded in vehicles in high water.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$20,000A tree fell down on a vehicle along Goss Avenue.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$20,000There was a tree reported down on a vehicle on Goss Ave.
May 2010LightningAudubon Park$20,000Multiple power outages due to lightning were reported in Jefferson County.
August 2009LightningAudubon Park$20,000An apartment caught fire after bring struck by lightning off Southside Drive and New Cut Road.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$15,000A portion of a roof was removed from a house on South Third Street. Water damaged portions of this home's interior. Elsewhere in Louisville, a tree was toppled at the intersection of Saint Catherine and Logan Streets.
June 2009LightningAudubon Park$15,000Lightning struck two houses in the Jeffersontown area and caused several structural fires across the county.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$10,000There was a large tree down on a building near Audubon Park Golf Course.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$10,000Bleachers and goal posts were blown over due to severe thunderstorm winds at Male High School.
May 2012Flash FloodAudubon Park$5,000Flooding briefly closed Central Ave near the University of Louisville.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$5,000Roof damage occurred from a thunderstorm wind gust.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park$2,000A spotter reported that 4 large utility poles were broken near the intersection of Floyd Street and Dakota Ave.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Barret Avenue in Louisville, causing temporary obstruction of the road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-A tree fell down over the road.
August 2021HailAudubon Park-The report was on social media.
June 2018FloodAudubon Park-The 3200 block of Preston Highway was flooded.
July 2018HailAudubon Park-The public reported one inch hail at Thurston Avenue in Louisville.
August 2018FloodAudubon Park-Old Eastern Parkway was closed due to flooding.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-Local broadcast media reported trees down in the area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-The ASOS at the Louisville International Airport recorded a 60 mph wind gust associated with a severe thunderstorm.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-A trained spotter relayed a report of numerous power outages across the city.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-Due to severe thunderstorm winds and downed trees, a broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of over 9000 residences and businesses without power in Jefferson County.
July 2015Flash FloodAudubon Park-A public report was received of flash flooding on South Shelby Street in Louisville as a result of excessive rainfall and intense rain rates. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell in a 3 hour period.
October 2014HailAudubon Park-A picture relayed via twitter indicated quarter sized hail near downtown Louisville.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-ASOS measured a wind gust of 64 mph at Standiford field in Louisville.
June 2013Flash FloodAudubon Park-The public reported several flooded roads in Audubon Park.
June 2013HailAudubon Park-A spotter reported one inch hail at the intersection of River Road and Zorn.
December 2013Flash FloodAudubon Park-Heavy rain brought some road closures across the Louisville Metro area, including Preston Highway.
April 2013HailAudubon Park-Louisville broadcast media reported 1 inch hail 2 miles northeast of Churchhill Downs.
April 2012HailAudubon Park-A spotter a couple of miles east of the University of Louisville reported hail damage to several car windows. He also estimated 50 mph winds.
April 2012HailAudubon Park-A retired NWS employee reported 1.5 inches of hail in the Highlands area of Louisville.
May 2012Heavy RainAudubon Park-A National Weather Service employee measured 3.67 inches of rain in less than 3 hours at the Highlands, a subdivision of Louisville.
March 2012HailAudubon Park-One inch hail was reported at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-The public reported that several telephone poles were downed along with blown transformers near Interstate 65.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-The Louisville media reported several trees and power poles downed along 7th Street. At nearly the same time, the ASOS weather instrument at Standiford Airport measured a 56 mph wind gust.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-A second thunderstorm affecting Louisville within two hours produced a gust front that brought scattered damage to areas generally west of Interstate 65. The local fire department reported numerous trees down in Audubon Park. Several roads were temporarily blocked.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-A trained spotter reported several trees down along the Eastern Parkway at Preston.
April 2011FloodAudubon Park-Metro public works reported at least 11 road closures due to high water.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-The city of Louisville reported numerous trees down throughout the metro area.
April 2011Heavy RainAudubon Park-A trained spotter reported 3.36 inches of rain.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-A large tree was blown down on a house.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-The bleachers at Ballard High School were overturned.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-Trees were downed in Louisville.
June 2009Heavy RainAudubon Park-A Metro Louisville rain gage measured 2.11 inches of rain near Shively in less than one hour.
September 2009Flash FloodAudubon Park-Preston Highway was closed at Hess Lane. High water was reported at Interstate 65 and Crittenden Drive.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-An eight inch diameter limb was downed at a TV studio downtown.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-Large limbs were downed with estimated 60 mph wind gusts at I-64 and Hurstbourne Parkway.
August 2009Heavy RainAudubon Park-An automated rain gauge near Rubbertown measured 5.34 inches of rainfall in approximately three hours.
March 2008FloodAudubon Park-The Ohio River above Louisville crested at 26.1 feet around 800 AM EST on March 21. Flood stage on the upper gage is 23 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with sections of River Road closed near Cox's Park, and some flooding in homes along River Road.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-Straight line winds downed power lines at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAudubon Park-Power lines reported down along 3rd and Kenwood...as well as along East Ormsby and Mohawk.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Adath Israel Cemetery0.8 miles1982
J. Stoddard Johnston Elementary School1.3 miles2008
Emerson School1.3 miles1982
Saint Frances of Rome School1.3 miles1987
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church1.4 miles1982
Leslie V. Abbott House1.6 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000430 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 526 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.