Accession Number: 2017.9
Description: Black-and-white matte print mounted to a cardboard backing; angle shot taken from southeast corner of front lawn shows the front of the American Printing House for the Blind building, 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, with grassy lawn in foreground. Main section of building, dating to 1883, is a three-storied, Italianate-style, (red) brick structure featuring a portico with brick pilasters and an arched entry; engraved stone lintel over the entry; triangular pediment at front center of roof line, with attached flagpole (partially visible); arched stone lentils over arched double-sash windows (closed cloth awnings over three); dentils along cornice. Ivy surrounds the first-story window to the left of the entrance. A herringbone-pattern brick walkway leads from the grassy front lawn to the front entrance steps. An east-side storage annex, with 1897 and 1900 additions, is mostly hidden, at far right, by trees. A 1923 two-story (red) brick addition to the west side of the main building is visible at far left and has single rectangular windows (closed cloth awnings over two) with stone sills, and above-grade basement windows. Lawn is shaded by overhanging leafy branches.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Print Size: 15.5" (h) x 19.5" (w)
Photographer: [Caufield and Shook Photographers?]
History/Provenance: In 1923, a building addition to the west side of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) was completed. Arthur Loomis was the architect. The increased space, a two-story structure with basement, would "more than double the capacity of press room and bindery . . . give large space for storage and packing in the basement . . . a more adequate proof reader's room and a special room for the embossing of music" (1922 APH Annual Report). Photograph was transferred from within the APH to the APH Museum.
Credit Line: Museum Collection, 2017.9
Subjects: Buildings Factories
