St. James Court
Inscription
VISIONS
In the 1890s, Wm. H. Slaughter
envisioned and with the Victoria
Land Co. developed St. James
Court. Earlier (1874-1882) the
land served as a sports and
entertainment complex, including
home field of Louisville’s
charter-member National League
team (1876-7). From 1883-1887
the main building of the
Southern Exposition stood here.
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RESTORATION AND REVITALIZATION
In the mid-1950s, St. James Court
had fallen into disrepair, when
Malcolm Bird, Bob Smith & Jim Perry
began a preservation movement. In
1957, Bird founded the St. James
Court Art Show. It grew into one
of the nation’s largest under the
leadership of Ann Higbie. Old
Louisville was established as an
Historic Preservation District
in 1974.
Dedicated on September 3, 2018
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