Portland in Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

U.S. Marine Hospital

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 27, 2020

1. U.S. Marine Hospital Marker (Side A)

Inscription. Built between 1845 and 1852, during the zenith of steamboat and river commerce, the U.S. Marine Hospital in Louisville served boatmen on the Western waterways. Designed by Robert Mills, one of the first American- born professionally trained architects, it was the prototype for 7 other marine hospitals funded by the U.S. Congress.

Major Stephen Harriman Long of The U.S. Topographic Engineers, an explorer, railroad engineer, and inventor, supervised its construction. The hospital is the only surviving example of inland U.S. Marine hospitals. It was Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1997 for its place in maritime and public health history.

Erected 2018 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2569.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 19, 2018.

Location. 38° 16.267′ N, 85° 47.024′ W. Marker is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. It is in Portland. It is on Northwestern Parkway south of North 23rd Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map

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. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2214 Northwestern Parkway, Louisville KY 40212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Montgomery Street School (approx. ¼ mile away); Louisville to Portland Turnpike (approx. 0.8 miles away); St. Anthony Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort-on-Shore (approx. 1.1 miles away); Falls of the Ohio Fossil Beds (approx. 1.1 miles away in Indiana); Navigating the Falls of the Ohio (approx. 1.1 miles away in Indiana); John A. Munz and Coast Guard Ohio River History (approx. 1.2 miles away in Indiana); History’s Great Explorers (approx. 1.2 miles away in Indiana). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. River Navigation (was approx. 1.1 miles away in Indiana but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Asset Detail | U.S. Marine Hospital (PDF). National Register of Historic Places registration and photographs. (Submitted on December 4, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

U.S. Marine Hospital Marker (Side B) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 27, 2020

2. U.S. Marine Hospital Marker (Side B)

U.S. Marine Hospital National Historic Landmark Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lee Wells

3. U.S. Marine Hospital National Historic Landmark Marker

U.S. Marine Hospital Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 27, 2020

4. U.S. Marine Hospital Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 473 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on August 1, 2023, by Lee Wells of Louisville, Kentucky. 4. submitted on December 4, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.