Smoketown, Louisville

Name: Smoketown
Address: Louisville, United States

#198 among attractions in Louisville

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Facts and practical information

Smoketown is a neighborhood one mile southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Smoketown has been a historically black neighborhood since the Civil War. It is the only neighborhood in the city that has had such a continuous presence. Smoketown is bounded by Broadway, CSX railroad tracks, Kentucky Street, and I-65. ()

Coordinates: 38°14'27"N, 85°44'38"W

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Central Louisville (Smoketown)Louisville United States

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Smoketown – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Louisville Slugger Field, Fourth Street Live!, Kentucky International Convention Center, Mercury Ballroom.

1.1 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville
28 min walk • Louisville Slugger Field is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The baseball-specific stadium opened in 2000 with a seating capacity of 13,131.
1.1 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fourth Street Live!, Louisville
27 min walk • Fourth Street Live! is a 350,000-square-foot entertainment and retail complex located on 4th Street, between Liberty and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is owned and was developed by the Cordish Company; it was designed by Louisville architects, Bravura Corporation.
1.1 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Convention center
Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville
29 min walk • The Kentucky International Convention Center, formerly called the Commonwealth Convention Center, is a large multi-use facility in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
0.9 miNW
Music venue
Mercury Ballroom, Louisville
24 min walk • The Mercury Ballroom is a music venue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The 900-capacity venue, housed in the Wright and Taylor Building at Fourth and Chestnut streets, operated by Live Nation's House of Blues Entertainment division.
0.9 miNW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Palace Theatre, Louisville
23 min walk • The Palace Theatre is a music venue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, located in the city's theater district, on the east side of Fourth Street, between Broadway and Chestnut Street. It has a seating capacity of 2,800 people and is owned by Live Nation.
0.7 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St. Boniface's Catholic Church, Louisville
19 min walk • St. Boniface Catholic Church is a historic church at 501-531 E. Liberty Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Established in 1836, St. Boniface was the first German Catholic parish in the city. It is also the oldest, continuously existent, Catholic parish in the city of Louisville.
0.7 miE
Church
German Evangelical Church of Christ Complex, Louisville
18 min walk • The German Evangelical Church of Christ Complex is a historic church complex at 1236 E. Breckinridge Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built during the years 1902 to 1929 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
0.9 miNW
Church
Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville
24 min walk • The historic Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville, Kentucky was founded on May 31, 1822. The original church building was completed in 1824, a new Romanesque Revival facade was added in 1870.
0.9 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, Louisville
23 min walk • Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, is a historic church at 318 W. St. Catherine Street, at the corner of Fourth Avenue, in Louisville, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
0.8 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Calvary Episcopal Church, Louisville
21 min walk • The historic Calvary Episcopal Church was established in 1857 and is located at 821 South 4th Street Louisville, Kentucky. This stone gothic church was built in Old Louisville in 1888 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
0.8 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Brown Theatre, Louisville
21 min walk • The W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre, originally called the Brown Theatre, is a restored theatre dating back to 1925 that seats approximately 1,400 patrons in Louisville, Kentucky. It is ones of three venues owned by Kentucky Performing Arts.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Smoketown?

Nearby attractions include St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Louisville (15 min walk), Shelby Park Neighborhood Association, Louisville (15 min walk), Phoenix Hill, Louisville (16 min walk), College Street Presbyterian Church, Louisville (16 min walk).

How to get to Smoketown by public transport?

The nearest stations to Smoketown:

Bus

College / Brook • Lines: 52 (13 min walk)
Brook / Broadway • Lines: 52 (14 min walk)