Waverly Park History

Waverly Park is located along Waverly Park Road off Arnoldtown Road and Clayton Terrace in the
Waverly Hills neighborhood. This southwest neighborhood sits atop a hill along the east boundary of
Dixie Highway at Pages Lane. Until the 1990’s, the area remained largely rural and heavily forested,
but has since been developed with many upscale subdivisions, and is now one of the most affluent
areas of Louisville’s South End.
Records indicate that the land was originally owned by Major Thomas H. Hays, a Hardin County
native, lawyer and Civil War veteran. Hays purchased the land currently known as Waverly Hills in
1883. He had a school built on the land to educate his eight daughters and hired Lizzie Lee Harris as
the teacher. Ms. Harris loved the writings of Sir Walter Scott.