Welcome to Historic Nelligan Hall
Home of the North End Social Club,
ST Messenger Studios
& the Nothing Art Collective

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NELLIGAN HALL WILL BE FOR RENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. PLEASE CPNTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RENTING PART OF OR THE ENTIRE BUILDING--THX, MGMT
Blue Man FlyerOpen Doors Project Blue Drum
Open Doors Program builds Drum at Nelligan Hall Open Doors Project Blue Drum
Open Doors Artsts Tara Remington and Christopher Rabe


About Nelligan Hall:

Thought to have been built in 1880, historic Nelligan Hall likely began as the Globe Vaudeville Theater, in the '30s was adopted as Democratic Campaign Headquarters in the area and remained the longtime home to the North End Social Club. It was often said that if you wanted something done in Portland, you have to go through Nelliigan Hall. 

The 4,309 sf building, located in the Portland Neighborhood (directly adjacent to the Falls of the Ohio and Shippingport Island) is 8 blocks from the site of Fort-on-Shore, Louisville's first settlement, founded by General George Rogers Clark in 1778.

Over the last 6 years, we (Louisville visual artists, Aron Conaway and Hallie Jones) have renovated, and built rent-able art studios to give the old building a whole new life. Having bought a share in Nelligan in 2005 with several other neighborhood residents we all intended to restore the hall to its original prominant role in the Portland Neighborhood. But after a couple of slow years of business here, being left without studios due to the LAVA House fire, and being forced to either buy or sell the building by partners, we chose to buy. Good old fashioned hard work and the help of great friends, has developed Nelligan Hall into a soulful and sweet collective artists' and musicians' space.

Nelligan features 9 studios, a raw loft space, a stage, a DJ booth, an old fashioned bar, a commercial kitchen, tools and community space. Nelligan is among other art spaces in the area, and there are small businesses popping up. Portland is charming as Louisville's oldest neighborhood and the stage is set for serious neighborhood revitalization. Come on down to Portland!
CURRENT RESIDENT ARTISTS:

  • Marty Jansing
  • Hallie Jones
  • Aron Conaway


  • THE NOTHING COLLECTIVE:

  • Aron Conaway
  • Hallie Jones
  • Jae Grady
  • Kent Getsinger
  • Chris Chappell
  • Ryan Scarborough
  • Cory Riley
  • Anonymous x ?




    Jack Nelligan

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