The Harry Potter universe is one we’d happily enter. Witchcraft and wizardry, butterbeer and broomsticks; the world created by J. K. Rowling truly is unlike any other. In Louisville, Kentucky, HP fans can experience some of this magic for themselves at a downtown building that looks just like Hogwarts.

The world of Harry Potter is iconic; it's a place for magic and muggles, and endless possibility. A great metaphor for education, right?
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So it's only fitting that, in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, there is a building for higher education that looks, well, like a real-life Hogwarts.
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This is Jefferson Community & Technical College, AKA Kentucky's very own Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry... kind of.
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this building on East Broadway was originally built in 1903 and home to the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
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Louisville, in fact, is home to numerous architectural marvels and stately, Gilded Age beauties.

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Today, it's the home of Jefferson Community & Technical College, whose first classes were held in the Seminary Building in 1967.
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The Gothic-style structure was built in a U-shape surrounding a quadrangle and features arched windows, octagonal turrets, and stained-glass windows. It bears a striking resemblance to Hogwarts that we happily embrace!
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Even better? The Seminary Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is said to be haunted with the ghost of Lucy Stites Barret, wife of James Rankin Barret, the man who had the seminary built.
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It is said that Lucy Stites Barret is fond of leaving ghostly notes around the building. What a thing to find at your 8 a.m. class!
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Whether or not you believe in the hauntings, you have to admit there's something truly magical and enchanting about this Hogwarts-esque building in Louisville, Kentucky!
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Louisville, Kentucky, is an architecturally brilliant city, and Jefferson Community & Technical College truly is our very own Hogworts!

Looking for more magic in the Bluegrass State? Hop on your broomstick and fly over to the Kentucky Castle for a night!

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Jefferson Community & Technical College: Downtown Campus, 109 E Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202, USA