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West Main District, Louisville

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Year built
  
1878

NRHP Reference #
  
74000884

Added to NRHP
  
22 March 1974

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Architectural style
  
Late Victorian, Italian Villa

The West Main District is one of the five districts of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The district, or a portion of it, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as West Main Street Historic District, due to its containment of some of the oldest structures in the city. The buildings of this district boast the largest collection of cast iron façades of anywhere outside of New York's SoHo district. The district also features "Museum Row", a collection of several notable museums located within just a few blocks of each other.

The district, named for its main corridor of West Main Street, includes the 800-600 blocks of Main and the southern side of the 500 block.

Attractions

Many attractions are located in the West Main District.

  • "Museum Row"
  • Frazier History Museum
  • National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
  • Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
  • Kentucky Science Center
  • Louisville Slugger Museum
  • Muhammad Ali Center
  • Early Times Distillery
  • 21c Museum Hotel
  • Fort Nelson Park
  • The Kentucky Center
  • Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere
  • Actors Theatre of Louisville
  • KFC Yum! Center
  • References

    West Main District, Louisville Wikipedia


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