Industry and warehouses in Louisville
This tour visits places of production and transport, among them warehouses, mills, factories, breweries and depots. Many have been converted to other uses since they were listed.
13 stops, 2.5 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 24, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1New Enterprise Tobacco Warehouse925 W. Main St.Building · listed 1980start
- 2Brown Tobacco Warehouse1019-25 W. Main St.Building · listed 19830.1 mi from stop 1
- 3Givens Headley and Co. Tobacco Warehouse1119-1121 W. Main St.Building · listed 1983same block from stop 2
- 4Planter's Tobacco Warehouse1027-1031 W. Main St.Building · listed 1983same block from stop 3
- 5Monon Freight Depot1400 W. Main St.Building · listed 19830.3 mi from stop 4
- 6National Foundry and Machine Company1402 W. Main St.Building · listed 1980408 ft from stop 5
- 7Louisville Lead & Color Co. Paint Factory & Warehouse1416-1426 Lytle St.Building0.1 mi from stop 6
- 8National Tobacco Works1800-10 W. Main St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 7
- 9Bridges, C. A., Tobacco Warehouse1719-23 W. Main St.Building · listed 1983175 ft from stop 8
- 10Axton–Fisher Tobacco Company Warehouse1405 W. BroadwayBuilding · listed 20030.6 mi from stop 9
- 11Bernheim Distillery Bottling Plant822-828 S. 15th St.Building · listed 19830.4 mi from stop 10
- 12Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Bakery & Warehouse901 S. 15th StreetBuilding0.1 mi from stop 11
- 13Warehouse A, Brown–Forman Corporation18th and Howard Sts.Building · listed 19900.4 mi from stop 12
2.5 straight-line miles over 12 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 13 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
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