Ca. 1939 WPA Pewee Valley Plat Map
This undated plat map of Pewee Valley and surrounding properties was produced by the W.P.A. (Project 665-43-3-44) and is available in the Deeds and Records Room at the Oldham County Court House. Included with the map is a list showing the property owner's name and acreage for each numbered tract.
Though the map is undated, the year it was created can be narrowed down by what we know about some properties. For example, tract 2518, which is the property associated with The Locust, was still owned by Powhatan Wooldridge when this map was produced. He died September 14, 1940. Tracts 2507 and 2603, once associated with the Kentucky Confederate Home, were owned by the Rural Education Cooperative, which purchased the property from the Commonwealth of Kentucky in late 1938. Thus, the survey and map were likely completed in 1939.
Note that some Pewee Valley's street names have changed over the years. Confederate Avenue is now Muirs Lane. Johnston Avenue has been broken into a combination of Peace Lane and Central Avenue. Huston Lane is now Houston, Cemetery Avenue is now part of Maple Avenue, and Pewee Valley Road is now part of Central Avenue. Prim Rose Avenue, which once ran between Maple Avenue and Beechdale in Crestwood, has vanished. At one time, Prim Rose connected to the back side of Locust Lane and the quarry.
Also shown on this map are the two African-American settlements just outside the city limits: Fraziertown and Stumptown. The property owners lists accompanying the map also show whether the owner was Caucasian or African-American, providing researchers with an accurate look at Pewee Valley's African-American communities during the late 1930s.
Special thanks to Oldham County Clerk Julie K. Barr for providing scans and hard copies of the map and accompanying tract information to the Pewee Valley Historical Society and to Albert Harrison, LLC, land surveyor, for helping the historical society locate the plat book.
Though the map is undated, the year it was created can be narrowed down by what we know about some properties. For example, tract 2518, which is the property associated with The Locust, was still owned by Powhatan Wooldridge when this map was produced. He died September 14, 1940. Tracts 2507 and 2603, once associated with the Kentucky Confederate Home, were owned by the Rural Education Cooperative, which purchased the property from the Commonwealth of Kentucky in late 1938. Thus, the survey and map were likely completed in 1939.
Note that some Pewee Valley's street names have changed over the years. Confederate Avenue is now Muirs Lane. Johnston Avenue has been broken into a combination of Peace Lane and Central Avenue. Huston Lane is now Houston, Cemetery Avenue is now part of Maple Avenue, and Pewee Valley Road is now part of Central Avenue. Prim Rose Avenue, which once ran between Maple Avenue and Beechdale in Crestwood, has vanished. At one time, Prim Rose connected to the back side of Locust Lane and the quarry.
Also shown on this map are the two African-American settlements just outside the city limits: Fraziertown and Stumptown. The property owners lists accompanying the map also show whether the owner was Caucasian or African-American, providing researchers with an accurate look at Pewee Valley's African-American communities during the late 1930s.
Special thanks to Oldham County Clerk Julie K. Barr for providing scans and hard copies of the map and accompanying tract information to the Pewee Valley Historical Society and to Albert Harrison, LLC, land surveyor, for helping the historical society locate the plat book.
From Property Identification Maps Oldham County, Plat No. 54, available at the Oldham County Courthouse. This copy is courtesy of Oldham County Clerk Julie K. Barr.
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2505 2506 2507 2508 2509 2510 2511 2512 2513 2514 2515 2516 2517 2518 2519 2520 2521 2522 2523 2524 2525 2526 2527 2528 2529 2530 2531 2532 2533 2534 2535 2536 2537 2538 2539 2539-A 2540 2541 2542 2543 2544 2545 2546 2547 2548 2549 2550 2551 2552 2553 2554 2555 2556 2557 2558 2559 2559-A 2560 2561 2562 2563 2564 2565 2566 2567 2568 2569 2570 2571 2572 2573 2574 2575 2576 2577 2578 2579 2580 2581 2582 2583 2584 2585 2586 2587 2588 2589 2590 2591 2592 2593 2594 2595 2596 2597 2598 2599 2600 2601 2902 2603 2604 2605 2606 2607 2608 2609 2610 2611 2612 2613 2614 2615 2616 2617 2618 2619 2620 2621 2622 2623 2624 2525 2626 2627 2628 2629 2630 2631 2632 2633 2634 2635 2636 2637 2638 2639 2640 2641 2642 2643 2644 2645 2646 2647 2648 2649 2650 2651 2652 2653 2654 2655 2656 2657 2658 2659 2660 2661 2662 2663 2664 2665 2666 2667 2668 2669 2670 2671 2672 2673 2674 2675 2676 2677 2678 2679 2680 2681 2682 2683 2684 2685 2686 2687 2688 2689 2690 2691 2692 2693 2694 2695 2696 2697 2698 2699 2700 2701 2702 2703 2704 2705 2706 2707 2708 2709 2710 2711 2712 2713 2714 2715 2716 2717 2718 2719 2720 2721 2722 2723 2724 2725 2726 2727 |
Barbee, James and Alva
Ohio Oil Company Davis, Joyce G. Association Rural Educational Willett, S.R. Mrs. Gottwald, Elsie Hughes, Douglas D. O'Nan, H.N. Caumisar, Thomas C. Russell, Mary E. Ott, Margaret K. Mrs. Becker, G.A. and Cathrine C. Bottoms, R.R. Haywood, Alma K. Wooldridge, P. Foley, J.J. and G. Cook, B.F. Taylor, Sam T. Roberson, Frank Cemetery, Rollington Catholic Wood, J.H. Mrs. Goose, J.H. Humble, Eva Mae Walsh, Ellen (Heirs) Phipps, Cleo Meyer Pope, M. and Stephen (colored) Mitchen, Gilbert McCormick, Sim and Annie (colored) McGaughey, P.C. Carr, Lula T. and W.J. Purvis, Kate Mrs. Fry, Elizabeth Lutz, Maggie Smith, May W. Herdt, Jacob A. Estate Maher, Phillipp (heirs) Maher, Johanna Hardin, W. (colored) Flournoy, Romania (colored) Flournoy, Anita (colored) Smith, Masson Stoess, M.A. Berry, Lucy (colored) Church, Fraziertown Methodist (colored) Wood, Herman (colored) Oglesby, Mary (colored) Smith, Masson Gales, Jennie (colored) Berry, Lucy (colored) Parker, Lucy Heirs (colored) Sutton, Lillie and Will (colored) Tinsley, Clarence (colored) Tinsley, Della (colored) Tinsley, Clarence (colored) Fischer, George A. and Smith, O.C. Fischer, George A. Matillar, Wm. (colored) Maher, Phillip Heirs, Cassady, Jennie Ross, Gertrude, Mrs. Foley, J.J. and Compton, C. Price, J.M. Estate Singer, A.B.M. Summers, G. Norris Osborn, Frank H. Rowell, W.S. O'Neal, W.H. and Barbara Pratt, John L. Rose, Mary A. Mrs. Hardin, Emma Briggs Todd, Claude (colored) Elzy, Moses (colored) Rogers, James B. and Mary Briggs, Walter Blackley, G.T. Estate Howard, Ivo and Wife Baumeister, Chas. Sr. Woods, M. Beatrice (M.R.) Wainscott, J.B. Mrs. Miles, Rosa Bryant, Flurry Singer, W.M. McCrocklin, Mattie Kilgus, Fred Goehring, George J. Van Arsdall, T. Louise McMillin, Benton J. Singer, John Marshall, E.K. and Wife Miller, John Ott, Margaret K. Mrs. Harrison, H.C. Knight, J.E. and Mary Fitzgerald, Lawrence Estate Louisville Fresh Air Farm Company Miller, John Louisville Fresh Air Farm Company Swinney, Stuart and Nell Church, St. James Episcopal Borar, Harold V. Johnston, Mary G. Church Pewee Valley Presbyterian Association Rural Educational Hoge, Wm. H. and Others Chescheir, A.S. Fletcher, Lillian, Miss Berger, Wm. A. Rest Cottage Jennie Cassady Tiller, Anna C. O'Yoon, David Montgomery, Robert Radamaker, Joseph Chamberlain, Carlyle D. Mayer, F.C.A. Byrns, Lawrence H. Sedley, Arthur S. Convent, St. Catherine Sisters of Mercy Inc Pollock, H.B. and Ida Ellis, Lucille Thomas, Mary Miss Gatchel, F.E. Claycomb, Herschel Foley, J.J. & G. Bank, Pewee Valley State Million, B.P. McDonald, Rosa Peak, G.W. & Clark, J. Ballard Jurey, W.B. Mrs. Town of Pewee Valley Heller, Frank and Adeline Louisville Anchorage & Pewee Valley Electric Co. Foley, J.J. & G. Koster, Fred Smith, Bessie G. Traband, Viola & Henry McCulloch, Hugh H. Miller, Chas. W. Hawkins, N.T. & Ruth Barrickman, Sam L.C. Weinstock, Emanuel Budd, J.S. Hodges, Frank B. Schuster, Edwin & Anna Stoess, A.L. & Nellie Smith, A.H. & Henrietta W. Hampton, M.J., Sr. Morrison, J.J. & Mary McCaffee, Minnie W. Lambert, Viola & Carl Carter, L. Estate Swann, Stratton D. Mrs. Skalton, C.C. Pinnell, Elizabeth Harcourt, W.W. Johnson, William H. Sanders, Alfred Rhoads, John P. Herdt, William K. Murphy, Albert & Dora Baumeister, Imogene Mrs. Herdt, William K. Singer, A.B.M. L&N Railroad Company Matthews, Florence Mrs. Foley, J.J. & G. School District #6 Snyder, C.A.L. Jesse, William M. & Cecil, Eva Clelland, Mary T. Wright, F.C. Watkins, Ella D. Miss Hoffman, Rose Nutter, Julius B. Russell, Bascom M. & Onida McGee, Jos. M. Payton, P.N. Logsdan, Wm. F. Swann, Ella Mrs. Waterfill, J.H. Estate Willis, Florence D. Klemenz, Louis Oyler, Mary Virginia McCabe, T.P. Peters, Gertrude E. L&N Railroad Company Lockhart, Mary F. Young, Wallace B. Young, H.E. Carmen, Gus B. Tomlinson, Otto M. & Wife Stanforth, L.R. Wagnar, Valentine Roberts, W.B. Mahler, William Dearing, Dora Nash, E.G. & Martha E. Ward, J.W. Ohio Oil Company McFarlan, A.S. Lutz, Maggie Haunz, F.C. & Katie Shuck, Kenneth Shuck, W.F. Ward, J.W. Dulaney, W.H. & Louise Fabri, Fred Walker, Jack Gruner, William A. Grean, J.M. Collins, C.R. Murner, W.J. Gales, Jim (colored) Sims. Emett Pence, Ida L. Pewee Valley Cemetery Company Gisiger, Herman Humphrey, S.T. & Lina Downing, Dick & Paulina (colored) Church, Pewee Valley Colored Baptist Smith, Martha Mrs. Samuels, Susan (colored) Durham, Garland & Mary Lou (colored) Smyser, Dennis (colored) Taylor, Alice (colored) Huston, Mary Stuart Martin, E. Rural Educational Association |
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