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Restaurants, shops, and a hotel have brought new life to the many formerly empty historic cast-iron façade buildings on the north side of the 100 block of West Main Street.
On a list of Louisville Most Endangered Historic Places, the buildings were slated for demolition in 2011, [3] but an agreement between the city, local developers, and preservationists saved Whiskey Row. Numerous distilleries would transport whiskey barrels to the Louisville market for sale by train or wagon.
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 museum [1] was founded in 1981 as the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation to build interest in the state's craft heritage which quickly led to a one of a kind collection of American Folk Art from the region. [2] In 2001, the organization relocated to its current home, a four-story historic cast iron structure.
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View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846. The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans nearly two-and-a-half centuries since its founding in the late 18th century. The geology of the Ohio River, with but a single series of rapids midway in its length from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to its union with the Mississippi, made it inevitable that a town would grow on the site.
It's a Louisville landmark and a national architectural icon. The 26-story Humana Tower has risen above Main Street for almost 40 years. It's a Louisville landmark and a national architectural icon.
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