Date Constructed: 1925 or 1928
Address: 821 West Broadway
Current Building Name: eon Company
Earlier Building Names: Sears Roebuck & Company; Louisville, Gas and Electric
Architect: Nimmons, Carr and Wright
Builder: Unknown at this time
Current Status: In use
Designation (if applicable): Unknown at this time.

The LG&E building is located at 821 West Broadway. It sits between 8th Street and Roy Wilkins Blvd. (previously 9th Street). The building consists of a tower with two wings. The east wing was apparently added on (extended) in 1981, according to a plaque on it. The architectural design of the newer extension matches the original portion of the building superbly! The building has a very good display of the Art Deco zig-zag (chevron) motif in its brickwork. There are some nice geometric carvings along some of the windows and along the top of the roofline (although the photos below don't show enough contrast to properly appreciate their design).

Photos by Jim L. Patterson - copyright 2005.

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Name carving over main door.	Full view of front.	Main entrance.	Tower.
Center tower, note vertical lines.	Zig-zag brick motif.	Front, looking west.	Front, looking east.
National Register of Historic Places plaque.	Up-shot of tower.	Zig-zag brick detail.	Chevron (zig-zag) carving, note window carving.
Tower.	Door carving, west.	Door carving, east.	Main door carving detail.
Carvings next to windows just above main entrance.	Carvings along roofline.	Plaque on later addition.	Later addition, from 8th Street.
Later addition, corner of 8th and Broadway.	Roofline carvings on later addition match original building.	Front, from corner of 8th and Broadway.

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