Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District


Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Montgomery County Courthouse, 1997
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Location	Roughly bounded by Walnut, North and Water Sts. and Wabash Ave., Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates	40°2′32″N 86°55′59″W / 40.04222°N 86.93306°W / 40.04222; -86.93306Coordinates: 40°2′32″N 86°55′59″W / 40.04222°N 86.93306°W / 40.04222; -86.93306
Area	60 acres (24 ha)
Architect	Besson, Carroll O.; Sharpe, William F.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Italianate
NRHP Reference #	92000183^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1992

Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. The district encompasses 105 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Crawfordsville. It developed between about 1836 and 1940, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence and Otto Schlemmer Building. Other notable buildings are the Montgomery County Courthouse (1876), Ben Hur Life Building (1911), Hanna-Graham Building, Elston Bank Building (1869), Masonic Temple (1902), Carnegie Library (1902), Commerce Building (1907), Municipal Building (1933), Indiana National Guard Armory (1939), and U.S. Post Office (1940).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Laura Thayer (May 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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