Preservation Station is owned and operated by Jennifer Higdon and her mother Deborah Coomes. The mother-daughter partners had a vision for this facility way before the building, the former West Louisville Elementary School, was sold at auction in April 2012. The two had always wanted to open a curiosity shop filled with antiques, vintage finds, and wonderful bargains; the two never dreamed they would end up buying a 39,000 square foot elementary school together for that purpose.