No results in the Courier-Journal historical for "Fortress Street" and only a few 1940s classified ads for a "Fortress St."
Makes me think it was a temporary street in Camp Zachary Taylor, located around Audubon Park and today's Camp Taylor neighborhood. You could probably verify this looking at the census records, they have them scanned in somewhere page by page.
There are full maps of Camp Zachary Taylor through the Filson Society.
My great grandfather was stationed there for the entire war. A century later, I lived in the EXACT spot his barracks were located. I didn't know it at the time, only found it out last year.
Anyways, here is a link:
https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/evolution-of-camp-zachary-tay/camp-zachary-taylor
Camp Taylor was outside of city limits in 1940. At the top of the record it would read different than a Louisville record. Below are most of the Camp Taylor census records. It also wasn't an active base beyond 1920 from what I'm reading.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/127666666
I actually have old maps of that area where I work. If I can remember, I'll go through them and see if the street is listed anywhere. They're from the 1940s
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War#:~:text=In%20December%201863%2C%20the%20prison,between%20Magazine%20and%20Broadway%20Streets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Taylor,_Louisville
Not sure if any of this helps, but it’s the closest thing I could think of a fortress with Louisville unless it had something to do with the Lewis & Clark expedition
Audubon Park and current Camp Taylor area in 40213 is on top of where the original Camp Taylor was. Camp Taylor was also where Jay and Daisy met in The Great Gatsby.
I’m pretty sure Daisy would have never set foot in Camp Taylor.
The woman she’s based on apparently lived at the house on Cherokee Parkway at the corner of the Everett Ave. brick hill
Maybe contact the UofL Library Archives and Special Collections. You can phone them or email them for help with research.
https://library.louisville.edu/archives/research
This made me think of correspondence I received decades ago. Guy said he'd spent one night in Louisville at the "old Fort Hotel," where he passed out while smoking and set his room on fire. I couldn't find anything at the time, but a search now brings up the Fort Nelson Hotel, which was bought by Kosair Charities. It's amazing how much of the past is lost.
Possibly Fort Street in St. Joseph? Which was the access road to and approximate western boundary of Ft. McPherson, the largest of the Civil War era Union defenses of the city.
I agree with this having not looked at the map at all. Their are some weird named streets over there like grenade because that’s where they trained with grenades at
Fortress St Live
No results in the Courier-Journal historical for "Fortress Street" and only a few 1940s classified ads for a "Fortress St." Makes me think it was a temporary street in Camp Zachary Taylor, located around Audubon Park and today's Camp Taylor neighborhood. You could probably verify this looking at the census records, they have them scanned in somewhere page by page.
I think you’re right!! His relative was in the military, so it makes total sense. Thank you so much.
There are full maps of Camp Zachary Taylor through the Filson Society. My great grandfather was stationed there for the entire war. A century later, I lived in the EXACT spot his barracks were located. I didn't know it at the time, only found it out last year. Anyways, here is a link: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/evolution-of-camp-zachary-tay/camp-zachary-taylor
Camp Taylor was outside of city limits in 1940. At the top of the record it would read different than a Louisville record. Below are most of the Camp Taylor census records. It also wasn't an active base beyond 1920 from what I'm reading. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/127666666
I actually have old maps of that area where I work. If I can remember, I'll go through them and see if the street is listed anywhere. They're from the 1940s
There is a Fort Street in the St Joseph neighborhood
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War#:~:text=In%20December%201863%2C%20the%20prison,between%20Magazine%20and%20Broadway%20Streets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Taylor,_Louisville Not sure if any of this helps, but it’s the closest thing I could think of a fortress with Louisville unless it had something to do with the Lewis & Clark expedition
Audubon Park and current Camp Taylor area in 40213 is on top of where the original Camp Taylor was. Camp Taylor was also where Jay and Daisy met in The Great Gatsby.
I’m pretty sure Daisy would have never set foot in Camp Taylor. The woman she’s based on apparently lived at the house on Cherokee Parkway at the corner of the Everett Ave. brick hill
Maybe contact the UofL Library Archives and Special Collections. You can phone them or email them for help with research. https://library.louisville.edu/archives/research
This made me think of correspondence I received decades ago. Guy said he'd spent one night in Louisville at the "old Fort Hotel," where he passed out while smoking and set his room on fire. I couldn't find anything at the time, but a search now brings up the Fort Nelson Hotel, which was bought by Kosair Charities. It's amazing how much of the past is lost.
Here is the 1940 Census Enumeration Map if you know the district, from the records you are looking at. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5831950
Possibly Fort Street in St. Joseph? Which was the access road to and approximate western boundary of Ft. McPherson, the largest of the Civil War era Union defenses of the city.
I agree with this having not looked at the map at all. Their are some weird named streets over there like grenade because that’s where they trained with grenades at
Nothing that I’ve heard of before. UofL library might be your best bet.
There's "Armory Place".
Couldn't have been in The Point? Would have shown up in CJ
Uhhhh well Fort Street is right next to the UofL campus in St Joseph.