Showboat Majestic
Historic American riverboat, built 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Majestic is a historic riverboat that is moored on the Ohio River at Greenup, Kentucky. Built in 1923, she was the last floating theater to be built in the United States, and one of its longest-lived. She was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 20, 1989.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Broadway St., Cincinnati, OH |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Listed | Jan 3, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80003085 |
| Type of place | showboat, theatre building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Broadway St., Cincinnati, OH |
| Coordinates | 39.09646, -84.50474 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 2 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 35 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 35 mi · Tailwater Shelter 2 (Brookville Lake) 36 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80003085. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.