Highlands Douglass in Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Humphrey-McMeekin House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 2022
1. Humphrey-McMeekin House Marker
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.
Location. 38° 13.698′ N, 85° 41.161′ W. Marker is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. It is in Highlands Douglass. Marker is at the intersection of Douglass Boulevard and Ellerbe Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Douglass Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2240 Douglass Blvd, Louisville KY 40205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Trough Spring / Trough Spring (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Commodore (approx. 0.9 miles away); Enid Yandell (1869-1934) / Renowned Woman Sculptor (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bowman Field (approx. 1.1 miles away); Farmington (approx. 1.3 miles away); Abraham Lincoln & Farmington — 1841 (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Cabin at Farmington (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Brothers Speed — Joshua and James (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.
Regarding Humphrey-McMeekin House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
LewisC. Humphrey and his wife, the former Eleanor Belknap, purchased the plot of land upon which the Humphrey-McMeekin House was built in 1914. Both were Louisville natives. Mr. Humphrey was associated for twenty-eight years as a news writer, political editor, and city editor for the Evening Post and was associate editor of the Herald-Post for two years until his death in 1927 at the age of fifty-one.
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The next prominent owners of the property were Sam H. and Isabel McMeekin. They purchased this property in 1973(sic). Sam McMeekin was the sports editor for the Courier-Journal from 1911 until 1923 when he assumed the position of placing judge and later Stewart for Churchill Downs. From 1937 to 1941 he was city safety director under the mayoral administration of Joseph D. Scholtz. In 1941 he resumed his position at Churchill Downs, later becoming an officer. He also worked for several other tracks in the midwest that were owned by the American Turf Association until his death in 1965 at the age of seventy-six. Isabel McMeekin gained a high degree of respect and recognition as an author. She wrote both under her married name and under the pseudonum Clark McMeekin for those books she co-authored with Dorothy Park Clark. Alone or together she had a hand in writing twenty-six books. Show Me A Land, published in 1940 and written by the Clark/McMeekinteam, was on the New York Times bestseller list for several months.Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 24, 20222. Humphrey-McMeekin House Marker
Also see . . . Humphrey-McMeekin House (PDF). National Register nomination for the house, which was listed in 1986. (National Archives) (Submitted on August 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
