Southern Exposition

The Southern Exposition was a five-year series of world's fairs held in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1883 to 1887 in what became Louisville's Old Louisville neighborhood. The exposition, held for 100 days each year on 45 acres (180,000 m) immediately south of Central Park in what became the St. James–Belgravia Historic District, was essentially an industrial and mercantile show. At the time, the exposition was larger than any previous American exhibition with the exception of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. U.S. PresidentChester A. Arthur opened the first annual exposition on August 1, 1883.