1508 Cherokee Rd, Louisville, KY 40205

This gracious home has stood sentry over Olmsted's Cherokee Park for the last 95 years, and was built like a fortress to withstand the next century with ease! The exquisite Italianate design was home to prominent attorney James R. Duffin (law partner of Augustus E. Wilson, who later became governor of Kentucky) and still holds a prestigious vantage point overlooking the park in the heart of the Highlands. Chosen as the site for the 1997 Bellarmine University Show House, the grandeur and skilled craftsmanship of the era are still very much in evidence in the large scale high-ceiling rooms, deep millwork, walnut parquet floors and magnificent hardware. The grand front to back salon boasts an Italian carved limestone maidenhead mantle,