National Register of Historic Places - Indiana (IN), Marion County

Marion County Indiana (Vacant / Not In Use) has 26 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Indiana Theatre, Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587, Maennerchor Building and Tee Pee Restaurant and Alameda.

Several famous people are associated with these Marion County historic places including George W. Julian and William Buschman.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marion County places including Rubush & Hunter, Jungelaus,William P.,Company,In, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Adolph Sherrer, Maurice Thornton, William E. Russ, Adolf Scherrer, Walter Scholer, E. G. Spink and Lynn B. Millikan. Prominent architectural styles found in Marion Country are Italianate, Romanesque and Chicago.

Alameda (added 1983 - - #83000052)

37 W. St. Clair St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Askren, Thomas, House (added 2006 - - #06000303)

Also known as 097-295-65088

6550 E. 16th St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Buschmann, William, Block (added 1988 - - #88001225)

Also known as Buschmann Block

968--972 Fort Wayne Ave. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Buschman,William

Significant Year:

1879

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Coburn, Henry P., Public School No. 66 (added 1986 - - #86001267)

604 E. Thirty-eighth St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Harrison & Turnock, Rubush & Hunter

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cottage Home Historic District (added 1990 - - #90000328)

Dorman and St. Clair Sts. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Vonnegut & Bohn

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Franklin, Benjamin, Public School Number 36 (added 2003 - - #03000143)

2801 N. Capitol Ave. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Scherrer, Adolf

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

General German Protestant Orphans Home (added 1984 - - #84001129)

Also known as Pleasant Run Children's Home

1404 S. State St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bohlen,Dietrich A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hanna-Ochler-Elder House (added 1978 - - #78000046)

Also known as Hannah House

3801 Madison Ave. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hotel Barton (added 2005 - - #05000197)

Also known as Barton Hotel

501-509 N. Delaware St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wallingford, Charles A., Millikan, Lynn B.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Engineering, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Independent Turnverein (added 1983 - - #83003577)

Also known as Hoosier Athletic Club; Marott Building

902 N. Meridan St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Scholer,Walter, Sherrer,Adolph

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Research Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Indiana Theatre (added 1979 - - #79000035)

134 W. Washington St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jungelaus,William P.,Company,In, Rubush & Hunter

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store, Sport Facility, Theater

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Company (added 1986 - - #84000361)

Also known as Indianapolis Warehouse

330 W. New York St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Julian--Clark House (added 1986 - - #86001335)

Also known as Julian Mansion

115 S. Audubon Rd. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Julian,George W.,et al.

Significant Year:

1899, 1873

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Kuhn, Charles, House (added 1989 - - #89000237)

340 W. Michigan St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Mortuary, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Lockefield Garden Apartments (added 1983 - - #83000133)

Also known as Lockefield Gardens

900 Indiana Ave. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Harrison,Merritt, Russ,William E.

Architectural Style:

International Style

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Maennerchor Building (added 1974 - - #74002340)

Also known as Academy of Music

102 W. Michigan St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sherrer,Adolph

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

European, Social History, Performing Arts, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Majestic Building (added 1980 - - #80000059)

Also known as Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op Building

47 S. Pennsylvania St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bohlen,D. A. & Son

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Health/Medicine, Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Marott Hotel (added 1982 - - #82000063)

2625 N. Meridian St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Spink,E. G.

Architectural Style:

Chicago, Colonial Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587 (added 1984 - - #84000313)

Off 1st Ave. , Beech Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Baldwin Locomotive Works

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Rink's Womens Apparel Store (added 1984 - - #84001188)

29 N. Illinois St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Scherrer,Adolf

Architectural Style:

Chicago

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Rivoli Theater (added 2004 - - #04000630)

Also known as 098-295-1041

3155 E. 10th St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dietz, Henry Ziegler, Lederman, D.R.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Performing Arts, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Shortridge High School (added 1983 - - #83000078)

3401 N. Meridian St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kopf & Deery

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Tee Pee Restaurant (added 1989 - - #86003374)

3820 Fall Creek Blvd. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Thornton,Maurice

Architectural Style:

Moderne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

West Washington Street Pumping Station (added 1980 - - #80000063)

801 W. Washington St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Whittier, John Greenleaf, School, No. 33 (added 1981 - - #81000029)

1119 N. Sterling St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morse,T. J.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Other, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Wil-Fra-Mar (added 1983 - - #83000088)

318-320 E. Vermont St. , Indianapolis

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use