Commonwealth Building (Louisville)

Commonwealth Building
General information
Status	Demolished
Location	Fourth St and Broadway Downtown Louisville
Opening	1928
Demolished	January 16, 1994
Height
Roof	255-foot (78 m)
Technical details
Floor count	21
Design and construction
Developer	James Graham Brown

The Commonwealth Building was a 21-story, 255-foot (78 m) building in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky located on the northwestern corner of Fourth Street and Broadway.

The Commonwealth Building was built by James Graham Brown across Fourth Street from the Brown Hotel in 1928 and originally named after his late brother, Martin Brown.^[1] In 1955, a 17-story vertical addition was constructed which took the title of Louisville's tallest building away from the Heyburn Building, diagonally across Fourth and Broadway. The building featured a light beacon on its roof for a short time until being turned off due to complaints by residents in Floyds Knobs, Indiana.

The owner of the building, Commonwealth Life Insurance Company, created Capital Holding Corporation in 1969 ^[2] and, as the company grew, decided to build a new headquarters building on the southwest corner of Fourth and Market named Capital Holding Center to reflect the company's business interests outside of life insurance. Once Commonwealth Life Insurance Company and Capital Holding relocated to their new headquarters, the Commonwealth Building was imploded on January 16, 1994. A low rise office building and open space now occupy the building's former site.

External links

Building page on Emporis

References

↑ The Encyclopedia of Louisville (John E. Kleber) page 132 ISBN 0-8131-2100-0
↑ The Encyclopedia of Louisville (John E. Kleber) page 7 ISBN 0-8131-2100-0

Louisville skyscrapers and towers

Current	400 West Market National City Tower PNC Plaza Humana Building Galt House The 800 Apartments Commonwealth Building

Proposed, Under Construction, and Cancelled	Museum Plaza

Preceded by Heyburn Building	Tallest building in Kentucky 1955-1963	Succeeded by The 800 Apartments

Coordinates: 38°14′48″N 85°45′31″W / 38.2467°N 85.7587°W / 38.2467; -85.7587

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 20, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.