St. Matthews Brown Park

The land for the park was donated to the city of St. Matthews by the James Graham Brown family.  The park is the site for the columns that represent the limestone under the area.  The columns have features that are symbolic of 10 year, 50 year and 100 year flood events.  The columns are an artist’s work based on the limestone geology of the region. 

Louisville’s Olmsted Parks - Cherokee

Frederick Law Olmsted  shared his vision for Cherokee Park in his 1891 report to the Park Comission.  Cherokee Park was to have sloping spaces along the flowing Beargrass Creek.  Some tree planting was done but the topography was largely unchanged. In the 1960s I-64 was built through the park. The surviving area of the park remains a place of beauty.