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Crescent Hill Reservoir is a historic site in
Crescent Hill, Louisville Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles (6 km) east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek (Kentucky), Beargrass Creek. The bounda ...
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Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
. It is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
. Historic tours and walks have been hosted at the site and it is a popular area for walkers and runners. It is located at the intersection of Reservoir Avenue and 3018 Frankfort Avenue. The
Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...
-style gatehouse building was constructed in 1879. It was designed by water company chief engineer
Charles Hermany Charles Hermany (October 9, 1830 – January 18, 1908) was an engineer and architect. Early life Charles Hermany was born on October 9, 1830, in Lynn Township, Pennsylvania to Salome (née Wannemacher) and Samuel Hermany. He attended local scho ...
. The Crescent Hill Filtration Plant opened in 1909 "culminating landmark experiments" in sand and gravel filtration. The site includes historical markers.


See also

* Louisville Water Tower * Cardinal Hill Reservoir *
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References

19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky Buildings and structures completed in 1879 Reservoirs in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky Landforms of Louisville, Kentucky Gothic Revival architecture in Kentucky Infrastructure in Louisville, Kentucky Water supply infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places 1879 establishments in Kentucky {{JeffersonCountyKY-NRHP-stub