The Galt House Hotel is a 25-story, 1,310-room hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, established in 1972. It is named for two consecutive nearby historic hotels, both named Galt House, erected in 1835 and 1869; the first was destroyed by fire in 1865, and the second, demolished in 1921. The Galt House is the city's only hotel on the Ohio River.
The Galt House stands on Fourth Street, by the Ohio River.
Union Gen. Jefferson C. Davis shoots Union Gen. William "Bull" Nelson at the first Galt House in 1862.
The second Galt House in 1891
The Galt House, 2020
Jefferson Columbus Davis was a regular officer of the United States Army during the American Civil War, known for the similarity of his name to that of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and for his killing of a superior officer in 1862.
Jefferson C. Davis
Marker denoting Davis' birth near Memphis, Indiana
Fanciful depiction of General Nelson being shot by fellow Union General Jefferson C. Davis at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 29, 1862
Gen. Davis, third from right, with hand in coat, standing behind General William T. Sherman (seated at center), with other members of Sherman's staff