Portland Museum
The Portland Museum is a neighborhood history and art museum in Louisville, Kentucky. It details the history of the Portland neighborhood both as an independent town in the early 1800s and after Portland's amalgamation into Louisville after the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal.Photo: Censusdata, CC BY 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Wednesday—Friday: noon—5:00 PM
Saturday: noon—4:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Louisville, Kentucky
- Address: 2308 Portland Avenue, Louisville, KY 40212
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boone Square and Fourteenth Street Bridge.
Boone Square
Park
Boone Square is one of the Frederick Law Olmsted parks in Louisville, Kentucky. It is also one of the smaller ones, one full city block in size. In the middle of Louisville's working-class Portland neighborhood, it is bordered by 19th St. on the west, Duncan St. on the south, 20th St. on the east and Rowan St. on the north.
Fourteenth Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The Fourteenth Street Bridge, also known as the Ohio Falls Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, Conrail Railroad Bridge or Louisville and Indiana Bridge, is a truss drawbridge that spans the Ohio River, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana. Fourteenth Street Bridge is situated 1¼ miles east of Portland Museum.
Ohio Falls Station
Electrical generator
Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Ohio Falls Station is situated 1 mile north of Portland Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Russell and Portland.
Russell
Neighborhood
Russell is a neighborhood immediately west of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. It is nicknamed "Louisville's Harlem". It was named for renowned African American educator and Bloomfield, Kentucky native, Harvey Clarence Russell Sr.
Portland
Hamlet
Portland is a historic district, neighborhood and former independent town northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is situated along a bend of the Ohio River just below the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, where the river curves to the north and then to the south, thus placing Portland at the northern tip of urban Louisville.
Louisville
Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, is known for the Kentucky Derby horserace and as the "gateway to the south" from southern Indiana. It's a lively mid-sized city with an excellent dining scene, ample opportunities for bourbon tasting, and interesting public art.
Portland Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.26935° or 38° 16′ 10″ northLongitude
-85.78648° or 85° 47′ 11″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
86CP7697+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 330532776OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7199131Wikidata ID
Q7231986
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