The West Main District is one of the five districts of downtown

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. The district, or a portion of it, is listed in the

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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 New York's

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/ref> 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 **

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Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft KMAC Museum is an American art museum that "connects people to Art and Creative Practice". The museum is a 501c3 organization located in the West Main District of downtown Louisville, Kentucky History The museum was founded in 1981 as the Ke ...

** Kentucky Science Center **

Louisville Slugger Museum The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, is a museum and factory tour attraction located in Louisville, Kentucky's "Museum Row", part of the West Main District of downtown. The museum showcases the story of Louisville Slugger baseball bats in ba ...

Muhammad Ali Center The Muhammad Ali Center is a non-profit museum and cultural center dedicated to boxer Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali, a native of Louisville, and his wife Lonnie Ali founded the museum in 2005. The six-story, museum is located in ...

* Early Times Distillery * 21c Museum Hotel *

Fort Nelson Park Fort Nelson, built in 1781 by troops under George Rogers Clark including Captain Richard Chenoweth, was the second on-shore fort on the Ohio River in the area of what is now downtown Louisville, downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Fort-on-Shore, the do ...

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* Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere * Actors Theatre of Louisville * KFC Yum! Center

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Gallery of black-and-white photos of a nearly abandoned West Main Street in the 1970s
Geography of Louisville, Kentucky History of Louisville, Kentucky Local preservation districts in Louisville, Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Museum districts {{JeffersonCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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