Shelby Park in Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills
⎯⎯⎯
Kentucky Jeans

Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2020

1. Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills Marker

Inscription.
Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills Incorporated in 1882, the Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mill Company produced the most Kentucky Jeans in Louisville. The company created 2.5 million yards of jeans a year. Later, Enro Shirt Company & Ohio Valley Bag & Burlap used the site. Factory designed by architect DJ Williams. Added to National Register of Historic Places 1982.
The Burkhart Company
Kentucky Jeans Kentucky Jeans were cotton cloth made with finer count yarns, using a twill weave. Kentucky Jeans were coarse and most suitable for work clothing. After the Civil War, Louisville was a hub for cotton processing, with 8 cotton mills by 1905. The expansion of the L&N Railroad supported Louisville’s thriving textile industry.
Shelby Park Neighborhood Association

Erected 2019 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2588.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1882.

Location. 38° 14.255′ N, 85° 44.947′ W.

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

Marker is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. It is in Shelby Park. It is at the intersection of South Preston Street and East Kentucky Street, on the right when traveling south on South Preston Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1010 South Preston Street, Louisville KY 40203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Preston and St. Catherine Streets Historic District / Mason Maury (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Society of St. Vincent de Paul / Open Hand Kitchen (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Matthew Church / Act of Compassion (approx. 0.3 miles away); Shelby Park Neighborhood / Shelby Park Branch Library (approx. 0.3 miles away); Presbyterian Community Center

Kentucky Jeans Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2020

2. Kentucky Jeans Marker

(approx. 0.4 miles away); Adath Jeshurun Temple and School (approx. 0.4 miles away); William Shakespeare Caldwell / The Caldwell Sisters (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rev. William H. Sheppard (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.

Also see . . . Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills/Kentucky Jeans. From Kentucky Historical Society's Explore KY History project. (Submitted on December 1, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills / Kentucky Jeans Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2020

3. Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills / Kentucky Jeans Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,204 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 30, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on December 1, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills⎯⎯⎯Kentucky Jeans

Falls City Jeans & Woolen Mills
⎯⎯⎯
Kentucky Jeans