$50,000 Grant Could Make Chickasaw Neighborhood A Historic District

Louisville plans to use a new $50,000 grant announced Thursday to survey the Chickasaw neighborhood and add it to the National Register of Historic Places.

The grant is part of the national register’s Underrepresented Community Grant program, which aims to diversify nominations to the registry. Money will be used to pay a consultant, who will survey the historically African-American neighborhood and make a case for why it should be a historical district. City Planning and Design Coordinator Savannah Darr said they chose Chickasaw because of the neighborhood’s history and the potential benefits for residents.

“We knew that this was an important historic neighborhood that has not been surveyed, and has not been listed on the national register,” Darr said. “I think that the building stock is there, I think that the historical significance is there […] So I feel with this information, we have a very strong case.”

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