Louisville Kentucky Temple

The Louisville Kentucky Temple is the 76th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is located in Pewee Valley, Kentucky with a mailing address of Crestwood, Kentucky. The adjacent communities are suburbs of Louisville. The intent to build the temple was announced on March 17, 1999, by the First Presidency in a letter to local church leaders.

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Saint James' Episcopal Church

Saint James' Episcopal Church is a historic church in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. It was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Native Pewee Valley limestone was used to construct the building in a Gothic Revival style. It was completed in 1869 at a cost of $4,000. William Henry Redin was the architect. The design was based on sketches made by Kentucky Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith of a 12th-century country church during a trip to England. In 1908, the congregation began a project to add a rectory. They sold 14 acres from the original 20-acre site to raise funds for construction of the rectory.

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Pewee Valley, Kentucky

Pewee Valley is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,588 as of the 2020 census.

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St. Aloysius Church

St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church is a historic church at 202 Mt. Mercy Drive in Peewee Valley, Kentucky. It was built in 1914 and added to the National Register in 1989. It is a small Late Gothic Revival-style church. To its northeast is a historic rectory which has been so altered that it was deemed non-contributing, and a non-contributing 1950s school building associated with the church. It is built of limestone. It has corner towers and a "boldly crenelated front vestibule".

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Ashwood Avenue Historic District

The Ashwood Avenue Historic District, also known as Ashwood Avenue Historic District, in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, is a 23 acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It included 13 contributing buildings. The district includes nine houses along Ash Ave. from La Grange Rd. to Elm Ave. in Pewee Valley, specifically numbers 100, 106, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117 & 121 Ash Ave. It includes Queen Anne, Bungalow/American Craftsman, and Colonial Revival architecture, built from c. 1890 to 1936.

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Crestwood, Kentucky

Crestwood is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States just outside Louisville's Northeast End. The population was 6,183 as of the 2020 census. CNN listed it as the 52nd best place to live in America in 2005. The area was first settled in the early 19th century, and the town was established as Beard's Station in 1857. In 1909, the town was renamed to Crestwood.

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The temple is the church's first in Kentucky. The temple has a single attached spire with a statue of the angel Moroni. This temple was designed by Mike Karpinski of the firm Firestone Jaros Mullin, using a traditional architectural style. A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on May 29, 1999, conducted by John K. Carmack, a church general authority.