Summary
Gary City Center Historic District is a national historic district located at Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses 60 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in Downtown Gary. It developed between about 1906 and 1944 includes notable examples of Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the City Hall and Superior Courthouse (1927), the second Gary Land Company Building (c. 1907), Olympic Hotel (c. 1928), the "Modern Apartments" (c. 1929), Dalton Apartments (c. 1929), Gary State Bank Building (1929), Hotel Gary (1926), City Methodist Church (1926, ruined), YWCA Building (1922), and former U.S. Post Office Building (1936).[2]
Gary City Center Historic District | |
 City Hall and Superior Courthouse, April 2012 | |
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| Location | Roughly, Broadway from the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend RR tracks to 9th Ave., Gary, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°36′01″N 87°20′13″W / 41.60028°N 87.33694°W |
| Area | 55 acres (22 ha) |
| Architect | Cheney, Howard, et al.; Eberson, John, et al. |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Classical Revival, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001352[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1994 |
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Gregory Jenkins and Paul C. Diebold (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gary City Center Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
