The Henry Clay: Lighting a 1920s Lodge Building
Built 1924 as an Elks lodge in downtown Louisville, later restored, with a grand ballroom, ornate plasterwork and period detailing.
The Galt House: Working with a River-Facing Tower Hotel
A large twin-tower hotel on the Ohio riverfront in downtown Louisville, connected by a glazed walkway, with ballrooms and river-facing rooms.
The Frazier History Museum: A Walk-Through for Wedding Photographs
A converted nineteenth-century warehouse at the west end of Main Street's Whiskey Row, with a tall glass frontage, atrium and a rooftop event space.
The Thomas Edison House: Field Notes on a Shotgun Cottage
An 1850s shotgun-style cottage in Louisville's Butchertown, where Thomas Edison lodged as a young telegraph operator. Very small, very characterful.
The Olmsted: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
A former 1920s school building in Louisville's Highlands, its gymnasium converted into an event hall with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and tall arched windows.
The Brennan House: Who This Small Venue Suits
An 1868 Italianate townhouse on Fifth Street, preserved with original family furnishings and operating as a house museum. Intimate and genuinely untouched.
The Kentucky Derby Museum: Building the Shot List
On the Churchill Downs grounds, a museum of the Derby with exhibition galleries, a 360-degree theatre and access to the track and the twin spires.
Churchill Downs: Who This Venue Suits
Home of the Kentucky Derby since 1875, with the twin spires of 1895 and an enormous grandstand. A landmark venue at a scale that dwarfs a wedding party.
Whitehall: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A nineteenth-century house remodelled into a white-columned Classical Revival mansion, with formal gardens and mature trees in Louisville's Highlands.
The Brown Hotel: Reading the Light in a 1923 Grand Hotel
Opened 1923, a Georgian Revival hotel in downtown Louisville with an elaborately plastered lobby and a Crystal Ballroom on an upper floor.
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