The Starks Building is a landmark 14-story building on Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It was built in 1913 on a site that had been the First Christian Church of Louisville. It was commissioned by local businessman John Starks Rodes and designed by the Daniel Burnham firm of Chicago. It is 202 feet (62 m) tall.
Starks Building from Muhammad Ali Boulevard
Main entrance and detail of stonework
Downtown Louisville is the largest central business district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the urban hub of the Louisville, Kentucky Metropolitan Area. Its boundaries are the Ohio River to the north, Hancock Street to the east, York and Jacob Streets to the south, and 9th Street to the west. As of 2015, the population of downtown Louisville was 4,700, although this does not include directly surrounding areas such as Old Louisville, Butchertown, NuLu, and Phoenix Hill.
The Louisville skyline
400 West Market
The Richardsonian Romanesque Levy Building, built in 1893, an example of downtown Louisville's classic architecture and revitalization; the upper four floors have been converted to 23 loft condominiums
The Columbia Building, Louisville's second skyscraper
