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Kentucky Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings

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Booth Fire & Safety
Bowling Green, KY
Booth Fire & Safety occupies the former Galloway Farm Equipment dealership building which was constructed in 1948. It was restored for Booth Fire & Safety in 2007. The letters are gone now as the building now houses Pie-Barker Fire & Safety. [map]

Harrodsburg:
S.E. Cooke Building

Worsham Hall
Henderson, KY		 Horse Cave State Bank
Horse Cave, KY
Worsham Hall was designed by J. Alves Clore and built in 1936. [map]

The Horse Cave State Bank was built in 1937. It now houses the Kentucky Repertory Theatre. [map]

Lexington Laundry Co.
Lexington, KY
The Lexington Laundry Co. building was built around 1929. [map]

Jones-Dabney Company Laboratory
Louisville, KY
The Jones-Dabney Company Laboratory was built in 1935. It was used as a polymer manufacturing plant. The building has been abandoned for many years. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These photos are from 2010. In 2019, the building was being restored. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

WHAS
Louisville, KY
The WHAS radio transmitter building appears to be from the 1930s or so. I don't know if it is still in use. [map]

Wheeling Corrugating Company
Louisville, KY
The Wheeling Corrugating Company building is a nice small-scale example of Streamline Moderne. For more, see this website. [map]

More Louisville:
Bowman Field Airport
Courier-Journal Building
various

Watkins of Paducah
Paducah, KY
The Watkins of Paducah women's clothing store was built in 1941. The building has been vacant for many years. [map]

Russellville:
Rhea Stadium

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