Downtown LaPorte Historic District
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Downtown LaPorte Historic District | |
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Laporte County Courthouse, Spring 2007 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by State, Jackson, Maple and Chicago Sts., LaPorte, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°36′41″N 86°43′20″W / 41.61139°N 86.72222°WCoordinates: 41°36′41″N 86°43′20″W / 41.61139°N 86.72222°W |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | c. 1860 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Romanesque, Neo Classical |
| NRHP Reference # | 83000039[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1983 |
Downtown LaPorte Historic District is a national historic district located at LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana. The district encompasses 70 contributing buildings in the central business district of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 and 1930, and includes examples of Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Neoclassical style architecture. Notable buildings include the Zahrt Blocks (1868, 1874), Ridgway Hotel (1863), Higday and Collins Blocks (1886-1888), LaPorte County Courthouse (1890-1894), Odd Fellows Building (1895), Lonn's Block (1889), People's Bank (1912), U.S. Post Office (1912), New York Central Depot (1909), Masonic Temple (1910), and Hotel Rumely (1912).[2]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[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 John C. Rumely and Annette Slager (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown LaPorte Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.
