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Von Allmen Dairy Farm House

Coordinates: 38°18′47″N 85°34′28″W / 38.31306°N 85.57444°W / 38.31306; -85.57444
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Von Allmen Dairy Farm House
Front with parking
Von Allmen Dairy Farm House is located in Kentucky
Von Allmen Dairy Farm House
Von Allmen Dairy Farm House is located in the United States
Von Allmen Dairy Farm House
Nearest cityLouisville, Kentucky
Coordinates38°18′47″N 85°34′28″W / 38.31306°N 85.57444°W / 38.31306; -85.57444
Built1919
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.07001251 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 11, 2007

The Von Allmen Dairy Farm House in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 2007.[2] Built in 1912, it was purchased in 1919 by Emil Von Allmen, president of the Gray-Von Allmen Sanitary Milk Company. [3] It was described as "the last vestige of a well-known dairy farm".[4]

The house is of Bungalow/Craftsman style, 1½ stories high, with Neo-classical detailing.

Eventually, the consolidation of dairy farming caused the farm to stop producing. Of the original 226 acres (0.91 km2), only 4 acres (16,000 m2) remain of the property, with the rest consumed by Louisville sprawl.[5]

Dean Corbett, chef of the Equus restaurant in St. Matthews, Kentucky, planned to restore the building into a new upscale restaurant called "Corbett's: An American Place".[4] On December 13, 2007, it had a "soft opening"[6] with a hard opening on December 15, 2007.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ National Register of Historic Places Listings
  3. ^ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=223407
  4. ^ a b "Old Brownsboro Crossing house up for historic register", Louisville Courier-Journal, November 30, 2007
  5. ^ Kentucky.gov: – August Review Board
  6. ^ LouisvilleHotBytes :: View topic – Corbett's: Give it FIVE stars!
  7. ^ "Dean Corbett's new restaurant to open Saturday". December 12, 2007.