Talk:Werne's Row

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Can you give a reference on the claim in your article that the set of residences that make up "Werne's Row" was designed by William J. Dodd? There were plenty of other architects working on projects in Louisville circa 1895. I'll get you started: Greg Luhan and Dennis Domer "The Louisville Guide". But they don't cite any reference for the attribution either. Hmmm. Now where do you go? Try NRHP nomination forms for the properties. There are two different comments about style attribution there.

Regarding 402 Belgravia Court, Mary Jean Kinsman says (1977): "One of Louisville's finest copies of the Chateauesque mansions of New York designed by Richard Morris Hunt and may possibly be the product of...William J. Dodd. However, no documentation for this has been discovered."

About 1476 So. 4th St, Mary Hedgepeth says (1981): "This house...part of one of the most architecturally important clusters of buildings in Old Louisiville...these structures were possibly designed by Dodd & Cobb and are similar in treatment to [the Dodd & Cobb] residence [at] 1433 S. Third St., of the same date." Hedgepeth's attribution on style grounds is more persuasive and it may be, so far, as good as it gets.

For Luhan and Domer, the Dodd attribution is a done deal. They place the design into the work of the partnership of Dodd & Cobb as Hedgepeth conjectures, too, and date the structures to 1897 as does Hedgepeth.

Chroniclerk (talk) 14:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC) The Chroniclerk (still learning how to do this Wiki thing.)

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[Related discussion page from a linked article on architect WJ Dodd. Subject: Werne's Row] Chroniclerk (talk) 15:48, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Original occupants of Werne's Row
Caron's Louisville Directories indicates, contrary to what is claimed by an author of the Werne's Row Wiki article, that the original occupant of 400 Belgravia court, the so-called "blue house", was W.H.Wathen MD (or Warthen) from 1898-1913 and not Joseph Werne and family. The Werne household was in the more prominent location at 1476 S. Fourth St., the corner of Fourth and Hill streets: Joseph Werne from 1899 until 1903, and Rosa Werne from 1904 to 1921.Chroniclerk (talk) 15:26, 16 March 2010 (UTC)