West Main District (Louisville)

Infobox_nrhp | name =West Main Street Historic District
nrhp_type = hd

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caption = Louisville Science Center
location= Louisville, Kentucky
area =
built =1878
architect= Clarke, C.J.
architecture= Late Victorian, Italian Villa
added = March 22, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000884 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The West Main District is one of the five districts of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The district is listed in the National Register of Historic Places due to its containing some of the oldest structures in the city. The buildings of this district boast the largest collection of cast iron facades of anywhere outside of New York's SoHo district. [ [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/DowntownDevelopment/News/2006/DowntownActivity.htm Louisville's Downtown Alive with Development] ] 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, is bounded by 2nd Street on the east, Market Street on the south, 9th Street on the west, and the Ohio River on the north.

Attractions

:"See also: List of attractions and events in Louisville, Kentucky"Many attractions are located in the West Main District.
*"Museum Row"
**Frazier International History Museum
**Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
**Louisville Science Center
**Louisville Slugger Museum
**Muhammad Ali Center
**Museum Plaza (planned)
**Glassworks
*Early Times Distillery
*Fort Nelson Park
*The Kentucky Center
*Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere
*Louisville waterfront arena (planned)

References

ee also

*Cherokee Triangle, Louisville
*Cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky
*Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
*Old Louisville

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ky/ky0000/ky0005/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Main%20Street,%20600%20%26%20700%20Block%20(Buildings),%20Louisville,%20Jefferson%20County,%20KY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:5:./temp/~pp_I7zE:: Gallery of black and white photos of a nearly abandoned West Main Street in the 1970s]
* [http://www.mainstreetassociation.com/vis_home.html Main Street Association Visitors Center]