Kentucky Towers facts for kids
The Kentucky Towers is a really old and important apartment building in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. You can find it at 430 W Muhammad Ali Blvd.
A Look Back: History of Kentucky Towers
The Kentucky Towers building has a cool history! It was first built way back in 1925. Back then, it wasn't apartments, but a big hotel called the Kentucky Hotel. It was the very last hotel built in Downtown Louisville before World War Two started.
Later, in the 1960s, lots of new apartment buildings were popping up everywhere. Some old buildings, like the Kentucky Hotel, were changed into apartments. So, in 1972, the Kentucky Hotel became an apartment building and was renamed the Kentucky Towers.
A few years later, in 1978, something else interesting happened. The city's leaders, called the Louisville Board of Aldermen, decided to change the name of Walnut Street to Muhammad Ali Boulevard. This is why the building's address is now on Muhammad Ali Boulevard. By 1997, Kentucky Towers was the biggest apartment building in Downtown Louisville.
About the Building
The Kentucky Towers building is very tall, with 19 floors! Inside, there are 285 apartments where people live.
In 1997, the building had a swimming pool on the roof of the seventh floor. This pool was special because it was the highest swimming pool in the whole state of Kentucky!
In 2005, a person from New York City bought the building. Later, in 2010, a local company called PMR Companies started managing the building.
Famous People Who Lived Here
- Maria Siemionow: She is a famous surgeon from Poland and America. She is known for performing the first face transplant surgery.
