Parkland Neighborhood Association

Parkland Neighborhood Association

Parkland: A Historical Perspective

Did you Know….

* Parkland was once called homestead, Kentucky?

* The Little Africa section of parkland was founded in 1891?

* The First Virginia Avenue Baptist Church was the first church in the original Black section of Parkland?

* That a very early house in parkland was built at Catalpa and the railroad tracks?

* That in 1890 the neighborhood around 28th and Dumesnil was being promoted as “Parkland Hills”?

* That the words “Free to All” are carved in stone over the doorway of the 1908 Parkland Library at 28th and Virginia?

* That Little Africa was once called Needmore, Kentucky?

* That the town of Parkland was annexed to Louisville in 1894?

* That the first house in “colored “ Parkland was located at 36th and Virginia?

* That the earliest school for Blacks in the area was at John Gibbs’ house on old Orleans Avenue?


These facts were taken from Parkland Presentation flyer. Presentation was given 2/1700 at the NIA Center. Presenters: Dr. Tom Owen, UofL Archives and Dr. Blaine Hudson, UofL Pan-African Studies.

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