328 Kenwood Hill Rd., Louisville, Kentucky. County/parish: Jefferson.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 30, 1975. NRIS 75000770.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Little Loomhouse is a place on the National Register of Historic Places in the Kenwood Hill neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky. It consists of three cabins constructed between 1870 and 1896: Esta Cabin, Tophouse, and Wisteria Cabin. It not only displays weavings, but has active education and resident artist programs. The organization participates in several local festivals, giving demonstrations of spinning, dyeing, and weaving. It is the biggest repository of original and classic textile patterns in the United States.
Among the history of the cabins have been the visits of past First Ladies of the United States, and the composition of the song "Happy Birthday to You".
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123850640