The camp, which consisted of four major sites covered 3,376 acres. The main camp was about five miles south of Louisville’s main business district. In 1917, all of the property was rolling farm land. Most of it was clear pasture, with standing trees and some lightly wooded area’s. Most of it was high ground, which offered good drainage and firm soil.

The main camp’s headquarters buildings were located at the north west corner of Poplar Level Road and Taylor Avenue. Some accounts have the headquarters located on the site of Camp Taylor Park, but this is incorrect.

The camp boundaries were from Beargrass Creek to the east. This area is now occupied by the Louisville Zoo and Joe Creason Park. The now defunct Louisville Crush Stone Co. at the east end of Taylor Avenue was the location of one of the three original quarries on the site for the mining of limestone for use in the making of concrete and asphalt for latrine floors and roadways.

The boundary continued northward along Illinois avenue to Poplar Level Road. It continued north on Poplar Level to Thruston Lane and traveled west to Pindell. It then traveled south to Hess Lane and then west to Preston Street. From there it traveled south to Durrett Lane and back east to Poplar Level Road.

This Main Camp Area comprised 1,495 acres. It bordered the Southern railway on the west, which was ideal for the purpose of shipping materials and men to the work site. A new rail yard was build and unloading tracks were laid almost overnight and the first shipment of materials arrived about a week later.

There was very little grading or earth moving done to the landscape. The ground was already cleared for farming, but some brush that was standing had to be cleared. Out of the $7 million dollars for the construction, only $6,566.00 was spent to clear the site for preparations to start construction. Several building were turned a different direction than shown on the building plans to either conform better to the slope of the grade, or to avoid mature shade trees that were kept for that purpose.

For the most part, the entire camp was built to fit the landscape. This allowed for construction to begin immediately. The topographic shape of the terrain is mostly the same today as it was at the start of construction in 1917. Some roads have been altered, and several added when the property was subdivided in 1920.