Downtown Wabash Historic District


Downtown Wabash Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by Hill, Wabash, Canal, and Miami Sts., Wabash, Indiana
Coordinates	40°47′50″N 85°49′17″W / 40.79722°N 85.82139°W / 40.79722; -85.82139Coordinates: 40°47′50″N 85°49′17″W / 40.79722°N 85.82139°W / 40.79722; -85.82139
Area	17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built	1840 (1840)
Architect	Johnson, Arland W.; Et al.
Architectural style	Second Empire, Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	86001678^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 18, 1986

Downtown Wabash Historic District, also known as the Wabash Marketplace District, is a national historic district located at Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana. It encompasses 27 contributing buildings in the central business district of Wabash. It developed between about 1840 and 1920, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Second Empire style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed James M. Amoss Building and Solomon Wilson Building. Other notable buildings include the E.M. Conner Building (1897), Back Saddlery and Harness Shop (1845), Wabash Loan and Trust Company (1927), Bradley Block (1901), Busick Block (1882), Eagles Building (1906), the Plain Dealer Building (1897), S.J. Payne Block (1898), J.C. Penney's (1920), National Block (1876), Sheriff's House and Jail (1879), Memorial Hall (1899), U.S. Post Office (1911-1912), Wabash County Courthouse (1878), Shively Block (1897), and Wabash City Hall (1883-1884).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Mary Ellen Gadski, Mary Toshach, and Linda Robertson (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Wabash Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01.

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