The area is a collection of small, unconnected subdivisions along Lexington Road and large estates built just outside Cherokee Park.
Many of Louisville's early 20th Century elite lived in the area, drawn there by the large, undeveloped parcels of land near downtown.
The land remained untouched well into the 1850s because it lay off Frankfort Avenue and Bardstown Road, the two major through routes of the area.
Jr. it was built on land that had been a part of the Vigilini and Turner estates, with the Olmsted Brothers firm hired to design the landscaping.
The homes off Daneshall Drive were built in 1968, in a small subdivision named for the original house which still stands, and was a well-known horse farm into the 1950s.