The Original Highlands is a historic neighborhood in the Highlands area of Louisville, Kentucky. The neighborhood was built on land granted to Colonial William Preston, a settler from Virginia. The area was originally and agricultural area and heavily settled by German immigrants. So its orginal name, New Hamburg is not a surprise. Most of the houses in the Original Highlands date from 1860 and 1895. The Original Highlands is one of eight neighborhoods that occupy a broader, elevated area of Louisville known as the HIghlands. Its name as implied suggests it was the first in the area to see significant urban development.
