1817-1819 Magazine Street (Duplex), Louisville

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Magazine Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built throughout this particular neighborhood (as well as throughout Louisville) during the late and early centuries. Houses with this floor plan were routinely built for the common man as worker housing. A variety of architectural ornamentation reflecting popular Victorian era styles were often applied to shotgun houses. A simplified folk style was among the styles most commonly used in the Russell District. Description: Magazine Street is single story folk style duplex - each unit a shotgun floor plan. The building is symmetrical in floor plan (see attached drawing) and in elevation. It is wood frame with wood lap siding.

It has a four bay facade, a door on the far west bay and the far east bay with a window in each middle bay supplying each apartment with a door and window. The doors have decorative Italianate bracketed tops. There is window to the unfinished attic space centered in the front gabled roof. Alterations to the original structure include a shed roof rear addition, infill of the east front door and installation of interior doors to convert the building to a single residence. The construction date of the original building is c. History: This structure was first occupied in by Watson, a contractor and H. R. Samuels, a laborer. The building was occupied as a duplex for at least the first 50 years by laborers and tradesmen. Source: Caron's Directory of the City of Louisville.

Louisville: Caron Directory Company, Louisville Landmarks and Preservation Districts Commission. "National Register File." Louisville, Sanborn Insurance Maps. Sanborn Map Company: Pelham, New York, and Louisville Survey West Report. Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson County, Louisville, MAGAZINE STREET (*!'a Me~) HABS No. (Page 2)

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