Tyler Block
Kentucky, United States
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The Tyler Block was a three-story commercial building in Louisville, Kentucky, built in 1874 and designed by architect Henry Wolters for owner Levi Tyler. Located on the north side of Jefferson Street between Third and Fourth streets, it was distinguished by a monumental 200-foot-wide Renaissance Revival limestone facade. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the building was demolished in 1974—exactly one century after its construction—to make way for the Kentucky International Convention Center. Though preservationists sought to incorporate the Tyler Block's facade into the new structure, the center was instead built in the brutalist architectural style then in fashion, resulting in the loss of this significant Victorian-era landmark.
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- historic building
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Kentucky, United States
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