Brown Hotel

Architect: Preston J. Bradshaw
Year: 1923
Style: Colonial Revival
City: Louisville, KY

The Brown Hotel opened in 1923 on West Broadway in downtown Louisville, a 16-story brick and terra-cotta tower designed by Preston J. Bradshaw in the Colonial Revival style. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

the building

The Hot Brown. The Hot Brown, an open-faced sandwich invented at the hotel in 1926, remains a signature Kentucky dish still associated with the hotel.

the style

Bradshaw's Colonial Revival design gave the Brown its prominent brick-and-terra-cotta presence as a 16-story tower on West Broadway.

significance

The Brown Hotel is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

nearby

Heyburn Building 380 ft · Neoclassical
The Louisville Palace 400 ft · 1928
Elks Athletic Club 0.2 mi · Neoclassical
Gene Snyder United States Courthouse 0.3 mi · Neoclassical
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple 0.3 mi · Neoclassical · 1931
College Street Presbyterian Church 0.3 mi · Greek Revival

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