West Main District, Louisville
Appearance
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West Main Street Historic District | |
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Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°15′26″N 85°45′44″W / 38.25723°N 85.7621°W |
Built | 1878 |
Architect | Clarke, C.J. |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Italian Villa |
NRHP reference No. | 74000884 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 22, 1974 |
The West Main District is one of the five districts of
SoHo district.[2]
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.[1]
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
See also
- Cherokee Triangle, Louisville
- Cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky
- East Market District, Louisville
- Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
- Old Louisville
- Whiskey Row
References
External links
- Gallery of black-and-white photos of a nearly abandoned West Main Street in the 1970s
- Main Street Association Visitors Center