Place to see: Frankfort Ave. Wall, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

About this place:

According to the Encyclopedia of Louisville, Christian Heigold, a German immigrant and stonecutter, came to Louisville before 1850. He built a home near the river in an area called the Point near what's now called Butchertown. It was erected around the time of the Civil War at a time of intense anti-immigrant sentiment. Heigold carved into the stone facade patriotic inscriptions and images to show his patriotism to his adopted homeland, including one of George Washington. Heigold died in 1865. The city bought the house in 1953 to expand a dump. It was recently moved to Frankfort ave. and River Road to preserve it and make way for a new marina and condos on the river. The mayor had the road widened and placed the facade in the middle of the road so traffic flows around it. The remainder of the house is a 70,000-pound structure that is 26 feet high and 35 feet wide.