633 South Eighteenth Street (Apartment), Louisville

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633 South Eighteenth 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: 633 South Eighteenth Street is a two story folk style apartment building with an apartment unit of modern layout on each floor (see attached drawing).

It is of wood frame with a stucco exterior finish at the first level and wood siding above. The primary facade is a two bay arrangement with an entry door to the west and a window to the east at the first level. At the second level a single window is centered in the facade. All three openings are simply cased with wood trim. A front gabled roof with composition shingles tops the structure. This building was constructed in History: This structure was first occupied in Occupants are unknown. Records also indicate a retail structure was built on this lot c. this structure is no longer extant. 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, 633 SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET (Apartment) HASS No. (Page 2)

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