BELLE OF LOUISVILLE (steamer)

4th St. and River Rd., Louisville, Kentucky. County/parish: Jefferson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 10, 1972. NRIS 72000535.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • AVALON
  • IDLEWILD

From Wikipedia:

Belle of Louisville

Belle of Louisville is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. The steamboat claims itself the "most widely traveled river steamboat in American history." Belle of Louisville's offices are aboard Mayor Andrew Broaddus, and also appears on the list of National Historic Landmarks.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123850442

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