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Moving Category:Buildings and structures destroyed in 1974 to Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1974 per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 7#Category:Buildings and structures by decade of destruction

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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Tyler Block
| nrhp_type =
| image = Tyler block.jpg
| caption = Tyler Block in the early 1970s
| location = 319 W. Jefferson, [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| coordinates = {{coord|38|15|14|N|85|45|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Kentucky#USA
| built = 1874
| demolished = 1974
| architecture = Renaissance
| added = October 15, 1973
| delisted = April 11, 1975
| area = {{convert|2|acre|ha}}
| refnum = 73002253<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Tyler Block''' was a three-story building in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] best known for its landmark {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} [[Renaissance Revival]] limestone facade. It was located on the north side of Jefferson Street between Third and Fourth streets. Built in 1874, it was designed by [[Henry Wolters]] and named after owner [[Levi Tyler]].<ref>"LOCAL BREVITIES." Courier-Journal (1869-1922), Feb 17, 1874, pp. 4. {{ProQuest|1119104886}}.</ref> It was razed 100 years later in 1974 to make way for what is now the [[Kentucky International Convention Center]]. Many campaigned to have the Tyler Block's facade incorporated into the center, but the new building was instead built in the then fashionable [[brutalist architecture]] style.<ref>"Tyler Block" in: J.E. Kleber (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of Louisville'', 1st edition (University of Kentucky Press, Lexington: 2001) page 896.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldlouisville.com/Ruins/Tyler/Tylerblock.htm|accessdate=2006-08-02|title=Louisville's Tyler Block just before it was razed}}</ref>

The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name=nris/>

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[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1974]]
[[Category:Former National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Kentucky]]

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Tyler Block - Revision history

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