Werne's Row
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Werne's Row-- located at 1476-1468 South 4th Street and 102 Belgravia Ct--is a row of five nearly identical Châteauesque mansions in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Built in 1897 for prominent jeweler and antiques dealer Joseph Werne[1][2], the residences were designed by local architect F.W. Mowbray, who also designed Louisville's Union Station.[2] Interior designer Claude Balfour handled the home's interiors.
Werne and his wife lived in the house overlooking the southwest corner of 4th & Hill, while surgeon Dr. William Wathen[3] resided in the house bordering Belgravia Court to the north.[4]
All five homes are very similar in style, except for small ornamental features.[5] Although only one foot apart, none of the houses touch. A private park for the Wernes existed behind the five houses; it has since become a parking lot for the Belgravia Court Association.
Three of the homes are subdivided into apartments, while the other two remain single-family dwellings.
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The Werne's former private park is now a parking lot
