Thomas Edison Butchertown House

Memories of the Phonograph

 

 

Thomas Edison House is an historic house located in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

The house is a shotgun duplex built around 1850. According to the historic marker, Thomas Edison rented a room in this house as part of the time he lived in Louisville from 1866 to 1867.

 

 

 

 

 

 

729 E. Washington, Butchertown House, Louisville, Kentucky. Edison walked to work as a night-shift telegraph operator and employee of Western Union in Louisville ca. 1866-67. It was closed the day I visited in 2001.

 

(L-R) Two of their friends accompanied FOTP Members Laura and Ryan to Edison's Butchertown House in September 2025 where they were all surprised to have such a nice tour. We now have two new Friends of the Phonograph.