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Kentucky Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 1)

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Scottish Rite Masonic Temple
Covington, KY
The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple was designed by E. C. Landberg and built in 1953. [map]

Dome Home
Florence, KY
This Dome Home was designed and built by Cathedralite Domes. It was originally installed as the "Home of the Future" in the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, TN. In 1984, it was dismantled, shipped, and rebuilt here. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Jackson:
Breathitt County Courthouse [map]

Eastland Bowling Lanes
Lexington, KY
The Eastland Bowling Lanes was designed by Johnson Romanowitz Architects, now known as JRA Architects. It was built around 1960. The firm also designed the Southland Bowling Lanes in Lexington around the same time. [map]

More Lexington:
Coca-Cola bottling plant
Gardenside Plaza Bus Shelter [map]
Paul Miller Ford

WAVE Park
Louisville, KY

2007:
2025:
This concrete parabola structure in WAVE Park is located just north of the WAVE television station. It looks like a bus shelter but I'm told it never was. By 2021, it was painted these bright colors. By 2022, the park was fenced off. [map]

Ken Bowl Lanes
Louisville, KY
The Ken Bowl Lanes opened in 1962. For more, see this website. [map]

commercial building
Louisville, KY		 Louisville Fire Academy
Louisville, KY
This commercial building was built around 1965. It may have housing a moving company originally. It now houses the Ink & Dagger Tattoo Co. [map]

The Louisville Fire Academy's Fire Environment Building is more commonly called "the Tower" or the "Drill Tower." It is used for training and testing purposes. I have not been able to determine the age of this building. The design has both 1940s and 1970s elements but one source says it was built in 1987. [map]

More Louisville:
Hogan's Fountain Pavilion [gone]
Triaero House [map]