Cherokee Triangle, Louisville
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Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District
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John Castleman Statue, a neighborhood landmark
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Bardstown Rd., Sherwood Rd., Broadway, E to jct. of Grinstead Dr. and Cherokee Pkwy., Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Area | 500 acres (200 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late Victorian |
| NRHP Reference # | 76000902 |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1976 |
Coordinates: 38°14′07″N 85°42′45″W / 38.23526857°N 85.71244061°W
The Cherokee Triangle is a historic neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, known for its large homes displaying an eclectic mix of architectural styles. Its boundaries are Bardstown Road to the southwest, Cherokee Park and Eastern Parkway to the southeast, and Cave Hill Cemetery to the north, and is considered a part of a larger area of Louisville called The Highlands. It is named for nearby Cherokee Park, a 409 acres (1.7 km2) park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park.
The land was part of a 6,000-acre (24 km²) military land grant in 1774 to Southall and Charlton, and changed hands numerous times between then and 1863, when most of the land that is today's neighborhood was purchased by George Douglass. His home was located at the corner of Dearing Court (formerly Douglass Place) and Dudley Avenue, and is now included in the grounds of Cave Hill. In 1869, he sold 125 acres (0.5 km2) to realtors James W. Henning and Josiah S. Speed for $135,000.
The largest portion of Cherokee Triangle was developed by Henning and Speed in the 1880s, as an early streetcar suburb of Louisville. While the two were long-time developers, they had plans to establish residences for themselves there and develop the neighborhood as "the best possible environment of suburban living." They laid out the first subdivision, the Highland Addition, in 1870, containing just 150 lots, with an average size of 60 by 180 feet. The first house in the neighborhood, located at the corner of Transit Avenue (now Grinstead Drive) and New Broadway (now Cherokee Road), was completed in 1871 as a wedding present for Henning's daughter.
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