Date Constructed: 1937
Address: 1135 W Jefferson Street
Current Building Name: Louisville Fire Department Headquarters
Earlier Building Names: None
Architect: Brinton B. Davis
Builder: Sullivan & Cozart
Current Status: In use.
Designation (if applicable): National Register of Historic Places

The Louisville Fire Department Headquarters is on the National Register of Historic Places listed as "Art Deco" for its architectural style. The architect was Brinton B. Davis. It was a WPA (Works Project Administration) project, and construction started in 1936 and completed in June 1937.
It's located at 1135 W. Jefferson Street, between 11th and 12th. I was extremely pleased to find this beautiful building! I just wish I could have gotten better close-up photos of the several carvings on the front and side towards the top of the building. The colored decorative edging along the rooflines is brass, according to one reference.

Photos by Jim L. Patterson - copyright 2006.

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Front faces Jefferson Sreet			Left front door
Carving above left front door	Front bay door opening	Front bay door detail	Front bay door detail
Front bay door detail	Front roofline	Note large front center carving with two smaller carvings on either side	Small carving left of front center
Carving at top of front center	Small carving right of front center	Carving above right front door	Right front door
Front roofline	Side of building along 12th Street	Side bay door	Carving centered above side bay door
Carving above and to the left of side bay door	Carving above and to the right of side bay door	Rear of side	Side bay door detail
Side bay door detail

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