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Porter–Todd House

Coordinates: 38°14′29″N 85°45′33″W / 38.24139°N 85.75917°W / 38.24139; -85.75917
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Porter–Todd House
Porter–Todd House is located in Kentucky
Porter–Todd House
Porter–Todd House is located in the United States
Porter–Todd House
Location929 S. 4th St., Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates38°14′29″N 85°45′33″W / 38.24139°N 85.75917°W / 38.24139; -85.75917
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1869
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.79001013[1]
Added to NRHPApril 30, 1979

The Porter–Todd House, an Italianate house at 929 S. 4th St. in Louisville, Kentucky, was built in 1869. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

It is a white-painted brick building with two front porches that are "among a very few fine examples of decorative Victorian cast iron work remaining in Louisville."[2]

The house was built for Charles C. Porter, a milliner, sometime during 1869–1875, but Porter had to mortgage the house by 1876. The mortgage-holder, James Todd, eventually acquired the property at a bankruptcy auction, and descendants of Todd seem to have owned and rented out the house until 1929.[2]

In 1979 it was the home of the American Saddle Horse Breeders Association.[2]

Site of the house

The house may have been moved or destroyed.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Suizan Odewahn; Marty Hedgepeth (October 10, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Porter-Todd House / American Saddle Horse Breeders Association". National Park Service. Retrieved January 14, 2018. With three photos.