Highland Presbyterian Church, Louisville

Name: Highland Presbyterian Church
Address: 1001 Cherokee Road, Louisville, United States

#27 among attractions in Louisville

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Highland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church located in Louisville, Kentucky, US. The church was founded in 1873 with a meeting in a local physician's home; the current sanctuary was built in 1888. The church is one of the most prominent in the city of Louisville and sends many missionaries abroad every year. The headquarters of the Presbyterian Church is in Louisville and so, in recent years, Highland has taken on a bigger role in national ministry. Former Pastor Cynthia Campbell was an outspoken advocate for social justice issues in the city and has contributed her thoughts on the topic in The Courier-Journal. ()

Coordinates: 38°14'28"N, 85°43'21"W

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1001 Cherokee RoadThe Highlands (Cherokee Triangle)Louisville United States

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Highland Presbyterian Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Louisville Slugger Field, Mid-City Mall, Hadley Pottery, Thomas Edison House.

1.6 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville
41 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.
0.5 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre, Cinema
Mid-City Mall, Louisville
14 min walk • Mid City Mall is a shopping mall in Louisville, Kentucky's Highlands area. While called a mall, and containing an enclosed shopping area, it has features atypical of suburban American malls, such as a comedy club, bar, grocery store and public library.
1.2 miN
Shopping
Hadley Pottery, Louisville
31 min walk • Hadley Pottery is an American-based pottery and stoneware company started by Mary Alice Hadley and her husband George E. Hadley in 1945. It is located on Story Avenue in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
1.3 miNW
Museum, History museum, Architecture
Thomas Edison House, Louisville
34 min walk • Thomas Edison House is a historic house located in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The house is a shotgun duplex built around 1850.
0.5 miNE
Cemetery, Lake, Historical place
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville
13 min walk • Cave Hill Cemetery is a 296-acre Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive.
1.4 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St. Boniface's Catholic Church, Louisville
35 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.
0.5 miW
Church
German Evangelical Church of Christ Complex, Louisville
13 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.
0.7 miSE
Monuments and statues
John B. Castleman Monument, Louisville
18 min walk • The John B. Castleman Monument, within the Cherokee Triangle of Louisville, Kentucky, was unveiled on November 8, 1913. The model, selected from a competition to which numerous sculptors contributed, was designed by R. Hinton Perry of New York.
0.9 miSE
Church
St. James Catholic Church, Louisville
23 min walk • St. James Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located at 1826 Edenside Avenue in the Highlands section of Louisville, Kentucky. March 1, 1982, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School.
0.4 miN
Cemetery
Eastern Cemetery, Louisville
11 min walk • Eastern Cemetery is a 28-acre cemetery located at 641 Baxter Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, abutting Cave Hill Cemetery. It contains about 16,000 graves, though documentation for about 138,000 bodies. This imbalance is due to the cemetery formerly being a site for mass paupers' graves and from the reuse of grave sites.
1.2 miN
38°15'30"N • 85°43'27"W
Story Avenue Park, Louisville
31 min walk • Park

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Highland Presbyterian Church?

Nearby attractions include Eastern Cemetery, Louisville (11 min walk), Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville (13 min walk), German Evangelical Church of Christ Complex, Louisville (13 min walk), Union Monument in Louisville, Louisville (13 min walk).

How to get to Highland Presbyterian Church by public transport?

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Main / Railroad • Lines: 15East Chenoweth&VA, 15East LaGrange, 15East LimeKiln, 15East LimeKiln&VA (23 min walk)
Main / Mellwood • Lines: 15East Chenoweth&VA, 15East LaGrange, 15East LimeKiln, 15East LimeKiln&VA (24 min walk)