“Brothers Moses and Henry Levy immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1853. After establishing themselves as peddlers in rural Kentucky, the brothers opened their first store in downtown Louisville in 1861. The business, a department store carrying men’s, women’s and children’s apparel was run by the brothers and then by successive generations of the Levy family. In 1888, the business began the process of purchasing the lot at 3rd and Market Streets in downtown Louisville, and commissioned the construction of a new building to house their flagship store. The building was completed in 1893, and was designed by prominent Louisville architects Charles Julian Clarke and Arthur Loomis. The company opened several satellite locations in area malls and shopping centers beginning in 1955, and the store on Market Street remained open until 1979. The company ceased retail operations in 1987.
The Levy Bros. building is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is noted for the original architecture and building façade as well as for exterior electric lighting accents added in the early 1900s. In 1984, the building was renovated. The first two floors became a restaurant, while the floors above became residential apartments.” (The Filson Historical Society)
https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/levy-bros-louisville-ky-building-records-1888-1914
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