History of the Parkland Neighborhood

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Hathaway & Clark Funeral Home, 2718 Virginia Ave., started in 1901 and thought to be the oldest minority-owned funeral home in the city and now operated by former Louisville Alderman Lawrence Montgomery and his family.

Parkland Scholar House, 1309 Catalpa St., which offers a residential program for single-parent families in the former Parkland Elementary School, built in 1891.

Parkland Community Garden, 28th and Dumesnil.

Parkland Carnegie Library, 2743 Virginia Ave., built in 1899 and closed as a library in the 1980s. It now houses the Metro Police Department’s internal investigations office.

Lyles Mall, 2600 W., Broadway, named for and developed by Lenny Lyles, a formeer University of Louisville and NFL football star.

“Parkland Rising,” a two-story mural featuring the mythological phoenix bird, which rises from the ashes, at 3201 Greenwood Ave., the scene of fatal shootings in May 2011.
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