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Monday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm Tuesday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm Wednesday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm Thursday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm Friday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm Saturday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm Sunday 11am - 2:30pm 7:30pm - 9pm

Louisville Historic Tours

Name: Louisville Historic Tours
Address: Louisville, KY, 40203, US
Telephone: +15027182764
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Enjoy a narrated stroll through America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood! As recommended by The New York Times!
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Relive the past on one of our award-winning tours of Old Louisville - America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood!

12/16/2024

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12/16/2024

Thank so much for joining us in Old Louisville!

12/15/2024

We were thrilled to have these kind visitors join Angelique Stacy on her special of on Friday the 13th! They flew in all the way from Australia to see the neighborhood because they read about it in Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa by David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant!

Thanks to the Louisville Bourbon Inn for opening their doors and inviting the group inside!

12/10/2024

Bundle up to join popular tour guide Angelique Stacy this Friday the 13th for a spirited walk through America's Most Haunted Neighborhood and we'll provide the hand warmers!

To celebrate this spooky day, we will be augmenting this Friday's regular 7:30PM Old Louisville Ghost Tour with lots of goodies, so get your tickets while they last! As you wend your way through gaslit walking courts and past Victorian mansions, Angelique will channel the sprit of Annie Whipple, Old Louisville's legendary governess who learned the hard way it's not advisable to dabble in the dark arts, while sharing tales of some of the area's most famous hauntings as well. Besides popping in for a visit to the lovely Louisville Bourbon Inn, tour-goers will receive local sweets, souvenirs, and a special good luck spell to ward off the evil eye from Taya, one of Old Louisville's favorite witches!

The tour will last about two hours, and tickets are $27.50 per person. Plan on departing the corner of South Fourth Street and West Ormsby Avenue right at 7:30PM. Get tickets here: https://louisvillehistorictours.com

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12/07/2024

We’ve got another Friday the 13th coming up next week? Do you know some of the possible origins of this superstition? Check out this old clip of LHT leader and author David Dominé on the local news.

Author David Domine writes a lot about local superstitions and folklore. He joins GDL to explain the origins of some of his favorite superstitions. Find all of David’s books on his website DavidDomine.com. He'll be signing his ghost stories at Car...

12/07/2024

Have you heard the sad story of the in at the at the corner of Third and Ormsby? If not, join an evening or a daytime to find out more!

12/07/2024

It’s a lunch to celebrate the end of one season and the beginning of another at an favorite!

12/07/2024

It's National Cookie Day!🍪 Today we celebrate with Cookie Lady's famous Kizito Cookies!

12/07/2024

This is a wonderful place in to sample great like the famed varieties… Join one of our on our to find out more!

Angelique Stacy David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant Brenda Edgar

12/05/2024

CHOCOLATE CANDY CANES!!!
Welcome to the Schimpff candy cane family!

12/03/2024

Stocking up for our specialty tours…

Angelique Stacy David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant

12/03/2024

Do you know about Louisville’s famous Hot Brown sandwich invented in 1926 at the Brown Hotel at the corner of Fourth and Broadway? Today, there are many iterations of this open-faced classic with turkey and mornay sauce, including a pizza like this one offered at Falls City in NuLu. Join one of our food walking tours to find out more.

David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant Angelique Stacy Brenda Edgar

12/01/2024

We have received notice of a MEETING of the Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee for the proposed replacement of character defining, historic barrel tile roofing with gray dimensional asphalt shingles at 408 Kensington Court / 409 Gaulbert Avenue in Old Louisville.

The meeting for this review will be held on:
DATE: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 5:30pm
LOCATION: Metro Development Center (444 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, KY 40202), Room 101

More info:https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KYLOUISVILLE/2024/11/26/file_attachments/3084345/24-COA-0273_Notice%20Cards_sd.pdf

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Louisville, KY
40203

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm
Tuesday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm
Wednesday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm
Friday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm
Saturday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm
Sunday	11am - 2:30pm
	7:30pm - 9pm

Telephone

+15027182764

Website

http://www.louisvillehistorictours.com/

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Check out some of the good things you can order at this #OldLouisville favorite on Third Street near U of L! Make the Granville Pub a stop before or after your #WalkingTour with us! Angelique Stacy David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant The Granville Pub Brenda Edgar Jamie Lavinia Trie-Pfefer Valerie Ann

Albino squirrel

Our albino squirrel made another appearance on this afternoon’s haunted history tour!

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Recommended by The New York Times! Guided Walks of a Grand Victorian Neighborhood...

Relive the past on one of our award-winning tours of Old Louisville - America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood!

We offer the original Old Louisville walking tour! Recommended by The New York Times!

Since 2004, Louisville Historic Tours has been offering fascinating and informative walking tours of Old Louisville, America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood – so make sure to plan a visit to this stunning historic preservation district the next time you're in Louisville, Kentucky. With well over a thousand historic structures spread out over some 40 square blocks, this is the place for people who love old houses and Victorian charm. Let Louisville Historic Tours show you why this neighborhood directly south of the downtown area has been billed as the "next Savannah or Charleston" of the United States.

Currently, we have daytime walking tours that highlight the history and architecture of Old Louisville and a very popular evening ghost walk designed to show you the spookier side of the neighborhood. Read on to find out more:

the "America's Most Haunted Neighborhood" tour

The most haunted neighborhood in America? That’s what many are calling Old Louisville, an extensive preservation district filled with old mansions and strikingly beautiful homes in Kentucky’s largest city. Wherever you go in this eye-popping neighborhood, it seems that a haunted house is not far away. Or a haunted church, a haunted street corner, or a haunted park. Over the last two decades, so many stories of supernatural activity have surfaced here that Old Louisville has gained the reputation as being the spookiest neighborhood in the entire country. Join a guide for this nightly tour that introduces you to the ghostly past and paranormal hotspots in America’s Most Haunted Neighborhood. Best enjoyed against the backdrop of gas lamps and hidden walking courts, this haunted history tour has received awards and accolades from national and international publications such as Southern Living magazine. Offered daily at 7:30 pm from March 15 to November 15 (call 502-718-2764 for times during the off-season), this walking tour takes approximately 90 minutes and costs $20 per person. This tour is based on David Domine’s book True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America’s Most Haunted Neighborhood. David himself is very often the guide.

the "America's Most Exuberant Neighborhood" tour

Since it was declared a historic preservation district in the 1970s, many have considered Old Louisville the most architecturally exuberant neighborhoods in the country. With more than a thousand old homes, it’s one of the largest as well. Constructed primarily between 1880 and 1905, the residences in Old Louisville showcase a wide variety of building styles, including Châteauesque, Richardsonian-Romanesque, Italianate, Victorian Gothic, and Queen Anne – just to name a few. If you like old homes and fabulous architecture, this is a tour you won’t want to miss. A knowledgeable guide will share stories and architectural details while you walk the neighborhood and view its most impressive structures. At the same time, you will learn about the bourbon barons, racetrack royalty, and to***co titans who lived there and hear the stories of how they and other colorful characters made this historic district America’s Most Exuberant Neighborhood. Offered daily at 11 am and 1 pm from March 15 to November 15 (call for appointments during the off-season), this walking tour takes approximately 90 minutes and costs $20 per person. This tour gets its name from David Domine's popular book Old Louisville: Exuberant, Elegant, and Alive and the author himself might even show up and be your guide.

All tours depart from in front of the brown “Welcome to Old Louisville” sign at the corner of Fourth and Ormsby!