incorporated 100 % esop industry architecture engineering interior design development founded 1853 headquarters louisville kentucky u.s. key people ed jerdonek ceo president aric andrew svp greg buccola vp susan pittman vp jarred cook vp number of employees 95 slogan brilliant talent finest clients dynamic results website www.luckett farley.com luckett & farley is an architecture engineering and interior design firm based in louisville kentucky that was founded in 1853 making it along with smithgroup the oldest continually operating architecture firm in the united states that is not a wholly owned subsidiary . 1 the firm began under the name rogers whitestone & co. architects 2 changing its name to henry whitestone in 1857 to d.x. murphy & brother in 1890 and to luckett & farley in 1962 . the company is 100 % employee owned as of january 1 2012 3 and concentrates on automotive industrial federal government higher education healthcare and broadcast media markets . there are more leed professionals at luckett & farley than any other company in kentucky with 50 as of december 2012 . 4 departments consist of the following fields architecture interior design & procurement structural engineering civil engineering mechanical engineering electrical engineering building commissioning contents 1 history 1.1 the whitestone period 1.2 the d.x murphy era 1.3 luckett & farley 2 presidents 3 rogers & whitestone s work in louisville 1853 1880 4 partial list of work by d.x. murphy & brother in louisville 1880 1933 5 awards 6 references 7 external links history edit the whitestone period edit henry whitestone 1819 1893 was born at clondegad house in county clare ireland . 5 he immigrated to the united states amidst famine and depression 6 with his wife henrietta in january 1852 from innis ireland after he was recommended to isaiah rogers 1800 1869 for his work on the county clare courthouse . rogers was an architect based in cincinnati who came to be known as the father of the american hotel . whitestone s first project with rogers was the capital hotel in frankfort kentucky and a partnership formed in november 1853 when rogers was contracted to rebuild the recently burned louisville hotel . 7 whitestone moved from frankfort to louisville and received 2 5 of all profits from the services he performed with rogers . 6 the first office of isaiah rogers and henry whitestone was located at bullit and main streets near where the riverfront plaza belvedere is located today . 8 together they transformed louisville into a five story city and introduced the italianate architectural style to the region . whitestone separated from rogers in 1857 and soon became the preeminent architecture firm in louisville through the 1880s . notably charles j. clarke worked for henry whitestone during the civil war and later formed a partnership with arthur loomis to form the historically significant louisville architecture firm clarke and loomis 9 whitestone retired in approximately 1881 and died in 1893 . an 1893 publishing of the american architect and building news wrote of whitestone ... forty years ago in the prime of life he was in the active practice of his profession erecting buildings in that perennial style of italian renaissance of which he was a master and from which he was never lured by passing fashion . 10 he is buried at cave hill cemetery in louisville kentucky alongside his wife and two daughters section c lot 39 . 11 a marker located on main st. across from the old louisville hotel bears his name . the d.x murphy era edit dennis xavier d.x. murphy 11 3 1853 8 27 1933 was born in louisville after his parents immigrated from ireland began working as a draftsman at age 16 for henry whitestone . 12 by 1874 he was the head draftsman and eventually took over the practice in 1880 just before whitestone s retirement . it was at this point that the firm was renamed d.x. murphy . his brothers james c. murphy 1865 1935 later joined the practice in 1890 at which time the firm became d.x. murphy and brother . their younger brother peter c. murphy subsequently joined 8 and together they designed many of louisville s catholic churches among other many notable buildings for significantly reduced fees on the order of 1 % of construction costs . the murphy s sister sr. mary anselm was a nun with the sisters of charity of nazareth in bardstown kentucky 13 which likely led to many of the commissionings . the firm s most famous work was that of the twin spires at churchill downs in 1895 designed by 24 year old joseph d. baldez and constructed in time for the 21st kentucky derby . 14 dennis murphy died in 1933 and is buried at st. louis cemetery in louisville . in 1935 d.x. murphy and brother was sold by james murphy s wife to d.x. murphy and brother incorporated for a sum of 1 147 at which time peter murphy became president . by 1943 peter murphy was named chairman of the board and william g. o toole became president . thomas d. luckett ii 1909 1996 became majority stakeholder in the firm upon o toole s passing in 1956 while jean d. farley b. 1927 was named vice president . d.x. murphy and bro . inc became luckett & farley inc on may 25 1962 with t.d. luckett and j.d. farley sharing ownership . d.x. murphy occupied the old louisville trust building 208 s. 5th st until 1962 when the office was relocated to the washington building 4th and market which has since been demolished . luckett & farley edit by the time the firm was renamed luckett & farley inc. in 1962 to reflect the change of ownership civil and structural engineering services were also provided ; mechanical and electrical engineering services were added in 1970 in order to deliver better coordinated construction documents to clients . by 1973 the firm name was changed to luckett & farley architects engineers and construction managers inc. and by the end of 1982 jean farley sold the company to dennis dewitt ronald kendall and douglas wilkerson . in 2000 an employee stock ownership plan esop was formed and by 2002 leadership was transferred to ed jerdonek belinda gates gail miller and rob diamond . a design build subsidiary lfdb was created in 1999 but has since separated with the company as of 2011 . 15 belinda gates retired from luckett & farley in 2010 . on january 1 2012 jerdonek miller and diamond sold their interest in the company to the employee owners making luckett & farley 100 % employee owned . luckett & farley occupied the washington building from 1963 to 1968 when it moved to 215 w. breckinridge and again in 1997 to their current location in the prince wells building at 737 s. third st. luckett & farley utilizes bim technology to produce their drawings . 16 presidents edit generation name end of term 1 isaiah rogers 1857 2 henry whitestone 1880 3 dennis x. murphy 1933 4 james c. murphy 1935 5 peter c. murphy 1943 6 william o toole 1956 7 thomas d. t.d. luckett ii 1971 8 jean d. farley 1982 9 dennis dewitt 2002 10 ed jerdonek present rogers & whitestone s work in louisville 1853 1880 edit no . building name year constructed location still standing reference 1 louisville hotel 1853 610 w. main st. no 2 barber barbour house ; rosewell 1854 6415 transylvania ave yes 3 hunt hite residence ; pendennis club 1854 nw 2nd walnut no 4 newcomb alexander banking building 1854 nw main bullitt across bb & t bldg. no 5 t.t. shreve residence 1854 606 s. walnut no 6 the galt house addition and renovation 1854 1st main no 7 monsarrat fifth ward building 1855 5th york yes 8 col. rueben durrett residence ; the filson club ; home of the innocents 1856 202 e. chestnut no 9 richardson burge villa 1856 nw 7th main no 10 store ; seelbach european hotel ; the old inn 1856 sw 6th main yes 11 richard atkinson residence 1857 se 4th walnut no 12 the louisville medical institute 1857 sw 8th chesnut no 17 13 cathedral of the assumption tower & spire 1858 433 s. 5th yes 14 horatio dalton newcomb st. xavier college 1859 118 w. broadway no 15 james c. ford residence ; ymca 1859 2nd broadway no 16 cook house 1860 1348 s. 3rd yes 17 james irvin residence 1860 2910 northwestern yes 18 william a. richardson s ivywood 1860 3000 dundee rd no 19 baurman house 1866 1518 w. market yes 20 john g. baxter house ; house of refuge 1866 2035 s. 3rd no 21 a.j. ballard house 1867 nw floyd walnut no 22 irvin mausoleum 1867 cave hill cemetery yes 23 peterson dumesnil house 1869 301 s. peterson yes 24 the bridgeford monfort home 1869 413 w. broadway no 25 the galt house 2nd 1869 1st main no 26 beckurt b.f. guthrie residence 1870 unknown 27 ronald brennan house 1870 631 s. 5th yes 28 weissinger chambers residence 1870 402 ormsby no 29 tompkins buchanan rankin house ; nazareth college ; spalding university 1871 851 s. 4th yes 30 landward house robinson wheeler residence 1872 1385 s. 4th yes 31 silas f. miller house 1872 119 w. broadway no 18 32 lithgow building ; louisville board of trade 19 1873 301 w. main no 33 woodford h. dulaney residence 1872 se 8th broadway no 34 bashford manor stables 1874 2040 bashford manor adele no 35 salve bullett mausoleum 1875 cave hill cemetery yes 36 city hall clock tower replacement 1876 601 w. jefferson yes 37 james henning residence 1877 408 ormsby yes 38 louisville & nashville railroad office building ; whiskey row lofts 1877 133 w. main yes 39 charles merriwether house 1878 3rd st. yes 40 kentucky wagon works ; ky mfg. co. 1878 2601 s. 3rd no 41 standiford residence ; school for girls 1880 west side of 4th between breckinridge kentucky no 42 portland federal savings and loan bldg. 1887 539 w. market yes 43 u.s. custom house and post office supervising architect 1865 1881 3rd liberty no 44 105 107 109 111 w. main whiskey row 1877 1905 1871 105 107 109 111 w. main yes partial list of work by d.x. murphy & brother in louisville 1880 1933 edit no . building name year constructed location still standing reference 1 louisville railway co. car barn 1883 se 27th chesnut yes 2 engelhard school 1886 119 e. kentucky yes 3 st. vincent de paul church 1886 1202 s. shelby yes 4 louisville city school building 1888 22ndmagazine yes 5 presentation academy 1893 861 s. 4th yes 6 churchill downs twin spires 1895 9th central yes 7 st. martin school 1896 shelby gray yes 8 national tobacco work branch stemmery ; custom mfg. service 1898 2400 2418 w. main yes 9 st. boniface catholic church rectory and hall 1899 531 e. liberty yes 10 st. anthony medical center 1901 st. anthony barrett yes 11 st. william church 1901 13th oak yes 12 basil doerhoefer residence 1902 4432 w. broadway yes 13 joseph b. atkinson elementary school 1902 28th duncan no 14 jefferson county jail 1905 514 w. liberty yes 15 bonavita weller residence 1906 12006 ridge rd. yes 16 st. agnes church 1906 1920 newburg yes 17 victoria hotel 1907 10th broadway no 18 peter c. doerhoefer residence 1908 4422 w. broadway yes 19 snead building glassworks 1909 815 w. market yes 20 zinsmeister & bro . building 1910 14th jefferson yes 21 tyler hotel addition and expansion 1911 323 345 w. jefferson no 22 bardstown rd. presbyterian church 1912 1722 bardstown rd. yes 23 louisville free public library 1913 1718 w. jefferson yes 24 alamo theater ; ohio theater 1914 444 s. 4th no 25 german bank louisville national bank 1914 5th market yes 26 louisville hospital 1914 323 e.